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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
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
Delegates gather in Vienna as talks about reviving the Iran nuclear accord resume. The European Union is coordinating the indirect talks between Washington and Tehran which are resuming after being suspended in June after the election of a new Iranian president. IMAGES
JCPOA roundtable negotiations in Vienna, which aim to revive the Iran nuclear deal, are put on pause so that European diplomats can review the proposals by the Islamic republic. The talks are "most likely" to resume in a couple of days. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden has ordered "preparations" in case nuclear deal negotiations with Iran fail, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says as nuclear talks resume in Vienna. "Given the ongoing advances in Iran’s nuclear program, the president has asked his team to be prepared in the event that diplomacy fails and we must turn to other options," Psaki says at her press briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
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
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