Europe sees progress in latest rounds of Iran nuclear talks

European diplomats say the latest round of talks over Iran’s nuclear program has made progress, expressing hope that agreement can be reached next week

VIENNA -- European diplomats say the latest round of talks over Iran’s nuclear program has made progress, expressing hope that agreement can be reached for Tehran to comply with a 2015 deal aimed at curbing its atomic ambitions and also see the United States rejoin the accord. Enrique Mora, the European Union official who chaired Wednesday's talks in Vienna, said delegations from Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain, Iran and the U.S. would return home to brief their governments and then meet again in the Austrian capital next week. “I’m sure that the next round will be the one in which we will finally get the deal," Mora told reporters after the meeting. “There are a few political issues (and) there are a number of technical issues, again rather complex," he added. "But I can say that they are fewer than they were one week ago. So we are (on) a good track.”