Nuclear talks closer than ever to deal but important issues remain: Top Iran delegate

Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have come closer than ever to an agreement, but essential issues remain to be negotiated, the top Iranian negotiator said on Thursday.

"We achieved good, tangible progress on the different issues .... we are closer than even to an agreement but there are still essential issues under negotiations," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi was quoted as telling Al Jazeera television. Then-President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 deal in 2018 and reimposed economic sanctions lifted by the deal.