Iran urges West be realistic in nuclear talks, recalls negotiator for consultations

VIENNA, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Iran on Wednesday urged Western powers to be “realistic” in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and said its top negotiator was returning to Tehran for consultations, suggesting a breakthrough in its discussions is not imminent.

After 10 months of talks in Vienna, progress has been made toward the restoration of the pact to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, but both Tehran and Washington have cautioned that still there are some significant differences to overcome.

“Nuclear talks in Vienna are reaching a sensitive and important point,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told a news conference with his Omani counterpart in Tehran.

“We wonder whether the Western side can adopt a realistic approach to go through the remaining points of the talks.”

Reuters reported last week that a U.S.-Iranian deal was taking shape in Vienna to revive the pact, abandoned in 2018 by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, who also reimposed extensive sanctions on Iran.

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