Last minute Russian demands are stalling significant momentum in ongoing talks in Vienna to restore full Iranian and U.S. compliance with the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear deal. The talks involve all seven parties to the deal—Iran and six powers referred to as the P5+1 (i.e. the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom| The Soufan Center
In the 11 years since an armed conflict broke out in 2011 against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, external assistance from Russian, Iranian, and Iran-allied forces have helped Syrian forces regain control of two-thirds of Syria’s territory, which includes 12 million people out of an estimated population of 17 million| The Soufan Center
In late April, Iran revealed that it held a fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia in Baghdad, Iraq, the site of most of the previous rounds of meetings in 2021. Iranian media reported that the latest talks were attended by "senior officials from the secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council| The Soufan Center
In Vienna, Austria, the United States and three European partners (France, the United Kingdom, and Germany), joined by Russia and China, have been negotiating with Iran over the past year to restore full U.S. and Iranian compliance with the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement| The Soufan Center