UN pushes for Iran nuclear deal talks, says ‘time of the essence’

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions on its nuclear program, warning that its “success or failure matters to all of us.”

Iran’s deal with Britain, Germany, France, the United States, Russia and China is known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The U.S. quit the agreement in 2018, during Donald Trump’s first term as president, and Iran began moving away from its nuclear-related commitments under the deal.

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