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World powers insist Iran deal still possible, but ‘time running out’
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BERLIN, 22 January 2022, (TON): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European allies insisted it was still possible to revive the Iran nuclear deal but said “time is running out”, after talks in Berlin.
Blinken told reporters that negotiators working in Vienna to salvage the 2015 accord with Tehran had seen modest progress in the last couple weeks but were taking nothing for granted.
Blinken said “my own assessment, talking to all of our colleagues, is that returning to mutual compliance, it remains possible.”
Speaking at a joint news conference, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said “urgent progress” was needed in talks aimed at rescuing the deal.
She said “the window for finding a solution is closing.”
“The negotiations are in a decisive phase. We need urgent, urgent progress, otherwise we will not be successful in reaching a joint accord.”
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