- by Goma
- 01 30, 2025
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changed in the nearly 18 months since Iran and world powers started trying to salvage their nuclear deal of 2015. Three of the seven parties to the accord have new leaders. A fourth invaded its neighbour. What was meant as a brief run of negotiations became a marathon. Yet negotiators flock back every few months for more meetings at the home of the ’s watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency () in Vienna.Last month they seemed optimistic. America, which left the deal in 2018, had resolved some of its outstanding issues with Iran. The European Union () prepared what it said was a “final text” of an agreement. There was talk of foreign ministers flying to Vienna to sign it.