Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : At a joint press conference in Tehran, Amir-Abdollahian said: "We are ready to resume the Vienna talks within the next days."
57% : He expressed hope that the US would "this time" pursue a "realistic and fair approach" and give Iran the full economic benefit of the 2015 nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Programme of Action (JCPoA).
52% : Iran had responded to a censure motion passed earlier this month by the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency by disconnecting some cameras in its facilities, undermining the UN's "continuity of knowledge" about Iranian nuclear activities.
44% : Borrell gave no detail about the exact date of the resumption of talks or the precise format, but said the process had the agreement of Iran and the US.
41% : Iran's oil exports to China had fallen by 34% as of May, according to Hamid Hosseini, president of the Oil and Gas Exporters' Union in Iran.
40% : After a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Tehran, Borrell said he had broken the stalemate which had led to talks on the revival of the nuclear deal being stalled since March.
40% : Many regional observers remain dubious that a deal will be reached, but the Ukraine war has not produced an economic windfall as Russia has been offering its oil to China at a discount price, squeezing Iran out of key markets.
36% : EU foreign affairs chief says stalemate broken after meeting with Iranian foreign minister in TehranJosep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, has said talks will restart on the Iran nuclear deal, averting a complete collapse in the agreement which could spark a nuclear arms race across the Middle East.
36% :Iran had recently privately revised that stipulation, but then felt the US had not reciprocated by setting out the future steps the IRGC could take to end its terrorist designation.
31% : In 2018 Donald Trump announced he would impose "the highest level of economic sanctions" on Iran and pulled the US out of the agreement.

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