Enrique Mora, the Spanish European mediator in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and Washington, announced in a tweet on Twitter today, Wednesday, that he is on his way to Vienna to discuss returning to the nuclear agreement.
“The goal of returning to Vienna is to discuss the text submitted by Josep Borrell, EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and mediator of the talks, on July 20,” Al-Hadath reported.
Borrell did not reveal the details of the text he submitted on July 20, which was announced a few days ago, when a summit between Washington and Tehran collapsed in Doha.
“Only the Iranian and American parties will participate in the talks in Vienna, and that the three European countries (France, Britain and Germany), in addition to Russia and China, will not participate in the talks,” Al-Hadath reported citing senior European officials.
For his part, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman announced today that the head of the Iranian negotiating delegation, Ali Bagheri Kani, will travel to Vienna in the coming hours to participate in the indirect negotiations mediated by Mora.
A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity today, told Reuters that Rob Malley, the US special envoy on Iran's affairs, will go to Vienna for talks this week.
Axios quoted today a US official as announcing his country's return to negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement with Iran in Vienna, amid expectations he described as "low."
Russia continues to starve the EU from its energy and building closer ties with Tehran, the EU and the US have ever more incentives to struck a deal with the Islamic Republic.