Diplomats report progress in talks on Iran nuclear deal

Iran’s Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharib Abadi leaves the Grand Hotel Wien on Saturday after the latest round of nuclear talks (Lisa Leutner/AP)

Diplomats from Britain, China, Germany, France and Russia have made progress at talks aimed at bringing the US back into their nuclear deal with Iran but say more work is needed to secure a future agreement.

After the meeting on Saturday, Russia’s top representative Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted that members of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) “noted today the indisputable progress made at the Vienna talks on restoration of the nuclear deal”.