Iran offers less for more as Vienna talks stall

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Iran offers less for more as Vienna talks stall

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Iran offers less for more as Vienna talks stall

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Dec 6, 2021

Iran offers less for more as Vienna talks stall

By Barbara Slavin

More than five months after multilateral nuclear talks with Iran were paused before the country’s presidential elections in June, a new negotiating team arrived in Vienna in late November with additional demands and fewer concessions than its predecessors.

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Dec 5, 2021

Azodi joins BBC Persian to discuss the economic implications of reviving the JCPOA

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Dec 2, 2021

Azodi quoted in Al Jazeera on the US strategy towards Iran’s revival of nuclear talks in Vienna

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Dec 2, 2021

Azodi quoted in Al Jazeera on US’ plan B if the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna fail

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Dec 2, 2021

Nasr’s opinion piece in Foreign Affairs: All Against All – The Sectarian Resurgence in the Post-American Middle East

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Dec 1, 2021

Slavin joins VOA Persian to discuss the implications of renewed Iran nuclear talks in Vienna

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Dec 1, 2021

Azodi quoted in Teller Report on the renewed Iran nuclear talks

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Dec 1, 2021

Slavin quoted in Al Jazeera on the need for a ‘plan B’ if the Iran nuclear talks fail

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Dec 1, 2021

Slavin quoted in Al Jazeera on the renewal of nuclear talks with Iran

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Dec 1, 2021

Iran’s COVID-19 deaths ‘2.5 times higher’ than health ministry numbers

By Anonymous

Despite reassuring statistics, Iran—which already has the highest number of deaths and cases in the Middle East—appears to be entering a sixth wave of COVID-19 with no end in sight.

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