VIENNA, 10 December 2021, (TON): Negotiations between Iran and world powers aimed at salvaging a tattered 2015 nuclear deal resumed in Vienna after a few days’ pause, with tensions high after Tehran made demands last week that European countries strongly criticized.

EU diplomat Enrique Mora, who chaired Thursday’s meeting of all the deal’s remaining signatories; Iran, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China said afterward that he felt a renewed sense of purpose on the need to work and to reach an agreement on bringing the (agreement) back to life.”

Mora said “whether that will be confirmed and endorsed by negotiations on the details, we will see in the coming days.”

He added that the positive impression “has to be tested.” He said that it is becoming “more imperative” with time to reach an agreement quickly.

Mora said participants are approaching the task “with the realism necessary to get an agreement, because it’s difficult, because there are different positions, because some points are still extremely open.”

He added “we have to close them, and we don’t have all the time of the world.”