The Guardian: Iran nuclear deal talks resume after Raisi’s election as president
Major powers gather in Vienna to take stock of 2015 deal in wake of hardline conservative’s poll victory
Major powers have convened again in Vienna in an effort to revive the Iran nuclear deal, a process complicated by the election as Iranian president of Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline conservative cleric deeply antagonistic towards western values.
Israel denounced the incoming Raisi government as a “regime of brutal hangmen” over his involvement in mass executions in 1988 and predicted it would be a pawn in the hands of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
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Update: Nuclear talks resume in Vienna after Iran elects hardliner Raisi as president (S&P Global)
WNU Editor: The race will now be on to clinch a deal before Iranian President-elect Ebraham Raisi assumes the office in August.
Updates. I cannot say that I am surprised. Everyone is taking a step back .... Iran, world powers adjourn nuclear talks, resumption date unclear (Reuters).
