As nuclear talks resume, Iran is rattled by protests over water
The unrest is a reminder of what the country could gain from a deal
THE ATMOSPHERE in Vienna is suitably grim. On November 29th diplomats gathered for yet more negotiations meant to salvage the nuclear deal that Iran signed with six world powers in 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The two main parties to the talks, America and Iran, are not talking directly (at the latter’s insistence). Instead, European diplomats act as intermediaries, carrying messages back and forth along frigid city streets made empty and silent by a covid-19 lockdown.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “In need of water, not uranium”
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