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International delegations are gathered in the Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna for talks on Iran's nuclear programme, which are restarting after a five-month hiatus. Tehran said it was 'determined' to reach a deal as analysts warn of major obstacles to any speedy resumption of the 2015 nuclear deal. 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
EU diplomacy chief Federica Mogherini meets with Russia, China and Iran's Foreign Ministers for the next JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) ministerial meeting on the Iran nuclear deal. IMAGES
The EU says "everybody is studying the response and this is not the time, for the moment, to speculate on timing", as it mulls Iran's reponse to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna. SOUNDBITE
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy at the Iran nuclear deal talks, arrives at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, where the IAEA-brokered talks are set to resume in hopes of finding a way to save the historic accord brokered in 2015. This is the first time since March that all the parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany) are meeting, with the participation of the United States, in order to save the agreement, which was supposed to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring atomic weapons. IMAGES
The quarterly IAEA Board of Governors meeting opens in Vienna amid stalled talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, as major European countries and the United States are expected to seek to censure Iran. If the resolution urging Iran to "cooperate fully" with the IAEA is adopted, it will be the first motion censuring Iran since June 2020. IMAGES of the plenary room