Nuclear talks to resume ahead of upcoming Iranian election

Effort to revive landmark pact blocking Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons in return for lifting US sanctions.

Negotiations between Iran and world powers on how to revive the 2015 nuclear accord will resume over the coming weekend, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Wednesday. Biden administration officials had hoped to conclude an agreement with Iran before the June 18 Iranian presidential election, which could complicate the talks, said Sherman. “I know that the negotiation will start again over this coming weekend,” Sherman said during a virtual event organized by the German Marshall Fund.