Israel sends diplomats to Vienna for Iran nuclear talks
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Israel sends diplomats to Vienna for Iran nuclear talks
Jerusalem is concerned a restored JCPOA deal will fail to keep Iran away from a nuclear breakout.
Israel sent a team to the nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna for the first time on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to make its concerns heard.
Foreign Ministry Deputy Director-General for Strategic Affairs Joshua Zarka and Atomic Energy Commission Deputy Director-General for Policy Gil Reich joined Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency David Nussbaum and his deputy in Vienna. They met with IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi and Russia’s envoy to the Iran nuclear talks, Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov.
Ulyanov tweeted a photo from the meeting, and Zarka thanked him for a “frank and important discussion.”
Iran’s Nour News, an outlet connected to the Supreme National Security Council, tweeted its dissatisfaction with the meeting.
“Unexpected presence of Zionists in Vienna is undoubtedly a deterrent to progress of #ViennaTalksalks in current situation,” it said. “Dialogue between representatives of #Israel with [Grossi and Ulyanov], with any purpose, is a step toward playing destructive role of this regime.”
They plan to meet with all of the delegations at the talks – China, the EU, France, Germany, the UK and the US – except for Iran.
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