'Soon' in Iranian parlance differs from West's in nuclear talks, Iran's top diplomat says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Under the 2015 deal that Iran signed with world powers, it agreed to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions.
46% : On Friday, Amirabdollahian told reporters in New York that Iran would return to talks "very soon," but gave no specific date.
46% : European diplomats have served as chief intermediaries between Washington and Tehran, which has refused to negotiate directly with U.S. officials.
44% : Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday that when his government says it will return soon to talks on resuming compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, it means when Tehran has completed its review of the nuclear file.
39% : Talks that began in April between Iran and the five other nations - Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia - to revive the deal have been stalled since hardline cleric Ebrahimi Raisi was elected president in June.
33% : Iran has said the channel with Europe has been ineffective.

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