Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service Enrique Mora and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, on November 29, 2021...

Rafael Grossi, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s secretary-general (c), meets in Vienna, Austria on February 15, 2022, with Joshua Zarka, an Israeli foreign ministry official (L), and David Nussbaum, the regime’s envoy to the IAEA...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin attends a news conference in Beijing, China...

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett (L) and US President Joe Biden meets in the Oval Office at the White House in August 2021...

Spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh (Photo by IRNA) Iran calls the complete removal of US sanctions its red line during the course of negotiations with the remaining signatories to the 2015 deal in the Austrian capital of Vienna, urging Washington to bring substance to the talks to immediately reach an agreement...

In reaction to Washington’s restoration of a sanctions waiver, Iran’s top security official says a show of lifting sanctions is not constructive as Iran needs to feel real economic benefit of any deal amid the Vienna talks...

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says despite certain challenges, the ongoing talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries in the Austria capital of Vienna on the revival of the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement are on the right track...

This Jan. 15, 2011 file photo shows the heavy water nuclear facility near Arak, Iran...

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image of the Bushehr nuclear power plant on March 14, 2013 © DigitalGlobe via Getty Images Reverses Trump’s decision to rescind waivers related to Tehran’s civilian nuclear activities Washington has allowed foreign companies to engage in some civilian projects at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power station, Tehran Research Reactor and Arak heavy water plant, in an apparent bid to push forward negotiations to restore the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...

A police officer patrols outside the Hotel Palais Coburg, where talks are planned to resume on reviving the 2015 Iran deal, Vienna, Austria, on December 27, 2021...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran is firmly determined to reach a good, lasting and reliable agreement with the five remaining parties to the 2015 deal, as the eighth round of talks are ongoing in the Austrian capital of Vienna to revive the landmark US-abandoned accord...

Iran’s lead negotiator to the Vienna talks Ali Bagheri Kani (3rd L) and senior representatives of the three European parties to the JCPOA meet in Vienna, Austria, on January 22, 2022...

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, speaks to reporters at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2022...

Iran’s chief negotiator to the Vienna talks Ali Bagheri Kani (3rd L) and Enrique Mora (4th R), the European Union’s deputy foreign policy chief, meet in the Austrian capital on January 9, 2022...

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani Iran’s chief negotiator to the Vienna talks says Iran and the five remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement are resolving the outstanding issues as diplomatic efforts are continuing in the Austrian capital to secure the removal of all sanctions that the United States has imposed on Tehran following its unilateral withdrawal from the deal three years after its conclusion...

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, on November 29, 2021...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (file photo) Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says during sanctions removal talks in the Austrian capital, Tehran seeks guarantees that no further sanctions will be imposed on the country once they are removed...

A South Korean national flag flies outside the central bank’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea in this file photo...

Russia’s lead negotiator to the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov is pictured at the Coburg Palais after a meeting between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries on December 27, 2021...

Representatives of Iran, Russia and China -- Ali Bagheri Kani (1st L), Wang Qun (C-R) and Mikhail Ulyanov (1st R) meet before the official start of the 8th round of anti-Iran sanctions removal talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna on December 27, 2021...

The Coburg Palais, the venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)’s Joint Commission meeting, is pictured in Vienna, on November 29, 2021...

US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley (left), White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan (center) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian addresses a regular press conference in Beijing on December 24, 2021...

The photo taken on December 9, 2021 shows a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria...

EU deputy foreign policy chief Enrique Mora and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani with delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, on December 9, 2021...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that while Iran entered talks in Vienna on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with an interactive and flexible attitude, this was not the case for the other side...

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi attends a televised interview in Tehran on December 5, 2021...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says a good agreement is at hand in the talks underway in Vienna, Austria, between Tehran and the five other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal if the West shows good will...

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, speaks at a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, on November 29, 2021...

An Iranian man shops at a drugstore at the Nikan hospital in Tehran on September 11, 2018...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri-Kani The chief Iranian negotiator calls once more on Washington to relieve all its sanctions against Iran and also provide guarantees that future American administrations would not walk out of the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and other countries...

Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United States’ contradictory behavior, characterized by a purported desire to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and all the while expanding sanctions against Iran, is a major obstacle to the Vienna talks aimed at putting the accord back on track...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (File photo by Fars news agency) Iran’s foreign minister has expressed hope that the removal of Washington’s illegitimate and cruel sanctions will lead to closer interactions between the Islamic Republic and Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member states...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AFP photo) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will advocate the lifting of sanctions on Iran and the full implementation of a nuclear deal - known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - between Iran and a number of other countries in the upcoming talks slated to start in the Austrian capital Vienna at the end of this month...

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (Photo by AP) Iran’s top nuclear negotiator has predicted that talks in Vienna between Tehran and other signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal on a potential revival of the accord are unlikely to conclude this week...

Parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are seen during a round of negotiations in Vienna, Austria, April 27, 2021, in this photo taken from the twitter page of Political Director of the European External Action Service Enrique Mora...

Iran’s top negotiator to the nuclear talks in Vienna, Abbas Araqchi, says despite progress made on some key differences, he is still not confident a conclusion is possible...

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on May 24, 2021...

A fourth round of talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concludes in Vienna with delegations headed back home for further consultations...