Indirect talks with Iran to resume in Vienna next week: U.S. official

‘But there are question marks about whether Iran has the willingness to take a pragmatic approach’

The would resume in Vienna next week, a US official has said, noting that the meeting held this week through the European Union, China and Russia made some progress. A senior State Department official told reporters after the conclusion of the talks this week, "The parties will reconvene next week in Vienna sometime mid-week. We expect that theand it will be continuing this process of clarifying what steps both sides need to take to come back into compliance." "Our hope is that we'll see from Iran a greater indication of what they're prepared to do and greater indication that they will take a constructive attitude in getting there," the official said, describing this week's meeting as the first step of this first phase of a potential return to the JCPOA. "It's really just preliminary steps," the official said.