Iran Nuclear Talks to Continue in Vienna

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: September 24, 2021; 10:48 ♦ (Vindobona)

Discussions regarding the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, are set to continue in Vienna. This has been confirmed by Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, also announced to the IAEA Board of Governors that Iran has agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to service the agency’s monitoring and surveillance equipment in Iran and replace their storage media. These developments come as US President Joe Biden has publicly expressed interest in returning to the agreement that his predecessor unilaterally withdrew from.

H.E. Kazem Gharibabadi (left), Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna with Yury Fedotov. / Picture: © UNOV United Nations Office at Vienna

Discussions regarding Iran’s nuclear program and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly referred to as the “Iran Nuclear Deal,” are set to continue in Vienna.

From the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg confirmed that talks about the future of the nuclear deal will resume. …