Iran nuclear talks closer to ‘practical steps’ in Vienna

Remaining parties to 2015 nuclear deal agree to form third expert working group to focus on steps to restore the accord.

Tehran, Iran – Continuing talks in Austria’s capital to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers are getting closer to yielding actionable results as more progress was achieved on Tuesday. The remaining parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – Iran, China, Russia, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, together with the European Union – agreed during a Joint Commission meeting in Vienna’s Grand Hotel to form a third expert working group to focus on “practical steps” required to restore the accord. The United States left the accord in 2018 and unilaterally imposed sanctions on Iran.