Iran says agreed with EU on Brussels nuclear talks 'in days'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The 2015 nuclear deal, which gave Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear activities, has been on life support since 2018, when then US president Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out.
55% : Blinken told reporters on Wednesday that he hoped for the success of talks with Iran but warned that "the runway that we have left to do that is getting shorter and shorter".
53% : Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri meets with European External Action Service deputy secretary general Enrique Mora in Tehran
52% : Talks were held earlier this year in Vienna between Iran and the remaining parties to the agreement -- Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia -- with the US taking part indirectly.
51% : "At the end of this meeting, the two parties agreed to continue dialogue on questions of mutual interest in the coming days in Brussels," Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement, which noted that Mora said the EU was "ready to collaborate with Iran and the other parties".
48% : Ahead of Thursday's meeting with Mora, Bagheri, in charge of the nuclear file for Iran, tweeted that the "removal of cruel sanctions" would be on the agenda.
47% : The EU envoy is visiting Iran with mounting pressure from European countries, as well as from the US administration, for a swift resumption of negotiations on a US return to the 2015 nuclear deal
47% : Iran has said repeatedly that it is ready to resume talks "soon" but no date has yet been announced.
46% : "We warn the Zionist regime against any miscalculation or military adventure targeting Iran and its nuclear programme," Iran's ambassador to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi wrote in the letter published by the Tasnim news agency.
44% : Iran and the EU agreed Thursday to hold further dialogue in Brussels aimed at resuming talks on a faltering 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic republic and world powers, Tehran said.
44% : Mora's trip to Tehran came with pressure mounting from EU countries as well as the United States for a swift resumption of talks on Washington's return to the agreement.
42% : The European Union envoy charged with coordinating talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, Enrique Mora, met with Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri for several hours, as Western powers lose patience with Tehran over the continued absence of a firm date for resuming talks.
40% : The talks have been on hold since a June election in Iran led to a change of president.
37% : Trump reimposed crippling sanctions while Iran, which insists its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only, gradually rolled back its own commitments.
37% : Iran warned Israel in a letter to the UN Security Council chief Thursday against any attack on its nuclear facilities.
28% : Tehran has been seeking European guarantees that there will be no repetition of Trump's unilateral withdrawal.
27% : Referencing visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's threat to use force, Blinken said without elaborating: "We are prepared to turn to other options if Iran doesn't change course."
27% : Israel has been engaged in a shadow war with Iran, targeting its military sites in ally Syria and carrying out a sabotage campaign against its nuclear programme.
26% : Mora attended Raisi's inauguration in August, drawing criticism of the EU from Israel, a fierce critic of the nuclear deal with its arch foe Iran.

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