Progress noted at diplomats’ talks on Iran nuclear deal

VIENNA (AP) — High-ranking diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia and Britain have made progress at talks focused on bringing the United States back into their landmark nuclear deal with Iran, but need more work and time to bring about a future agreement. After the meeting, Russia’s top representative, Mikhail Ulyanov, tweeted that members of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action “noted today the indisputable progress made at the Vienna talks on restoration of the nuclear deal.” The U.S. didn’t have a representative at the table when the diplomats met in Vienna on Saturday because former President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the country out of the deal in 2018. U.S. President Joe Biden wants to rejoin the 2015 agreement that seeks to curb Iran’s nuclear program.