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Images of the Grand Hotel in Vienna where bilateral meetings are taking place aimed at salvaging Iran's 2015 nuclear deal. The United States is indirectly participating in discussions in Vienna in an attempt to save the international agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue. The European powers will serve as intermediaries between the two parties, in the hope of achieving concrete results after two months of deadlock. IMAGES
Iran and the six big powers - the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - hold nuclear talks in Vienna. Iran is expected to resist US pressure to toughen the 2015 nuclear deal as time runs out to meet President Donald Trump's ultimatum to fix the accord by May 12. IMAGES
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price says the US could reach an agreement quickly on reviving a nuclear accord if Iran is "serious" as a resumption of indirect negotiations are announced for November 29. SOUNDBITE
In Vienna, the remaining parties to the faltering Iran nuclear deal hold their first meeting since Britain, France and Germany launched a dispute process over Tehran's successive pullbacks. IMAGES
Images of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna. The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA has the delicate task of verifying the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between world powers and Iran over the country's nuclear programme. IST IMAGES