The Iran nuclear deal, six years on

World powers party to the nuclear deal hope to restore it soon as the best option available to ensure non-proliferation.

Tehran, Iran – Signatories of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers have seen their hopes of restoring the landmark accord by its signing anniversary on Wednesday dashed as multiple factors complicated the process. A clear date has yet to be decided for the start of the seventh – and likely final – round of talks in Vienna to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal that was signed by Iran, China, Russia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States on July 14, 2015. This is while all sides have emphasised the necessity of re-establishing the full terms of the accord in order to verify the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme and ensure it benefits from the economic gains it was promised under the deal.