Iran nuclear talks restart in Vienna

Negotiators kicked off a fresh round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Vienna yesterday, seeking to salvage the agreement on Tehran's atomic ambitions. Officials from world powers and Iran were meeting in the Austrian capital for the first time since March, when negotiations, which began in 2021 to reintegrate the United States into the agreement, stalled. In late June, Qatar hosted indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in the hope of getting the process back on track -- but those talks failed to make a breakthrough. In a last-ditch effort, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell submitted a compromise proposal last month and called on the parties to accept it to avoid a "dangerous nuclear crisis". Bilateral talks began yesterday at Vienna's luxury Palais Coburg hotel under the auspices of the EU's representative Enrique Mora.