Russia hopes efforts to revive 2015 Iran nuclear deal to resume after Nowruz - TASS
Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Purchase Licensing Rights
March 21 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador said on Monday he hoped that efforts to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear accord would resume after the Nowruz Persian New Year holidays, TASS news agency reported.
Efforts to clinch a new deal have been left in limbo after a last-minute demand by Russia, which now at odds with the West over its invasion of Ukraine, forced world powers to pause talks for despite having a largely completed text.
"Immediately after that, I really hope the negotiation process will resume," Russia's ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan, was quoted as saying.
Sign up here.
Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Conor Humphries
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Read Next
- Middle EastIsraeli military says it recovered another slain hostage from Gaza
The Israeli military said on Saturday that its forces operating in the Gaza Strip recovered the body of Ron Binyamin, who was among 252 people seized by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen in a cross-border Oct. 7 rampage that triggered the ongoing war.
