Iran, world powers to meet on nuclear deal in Vienna on Friday

The top diplomats of Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will join Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the Austrian capital.

The foreign ministers of Iran and five world powers still party to the 2015 nuclear deal will meet in Vienna on Friday for talks on the troubled accord, state media in Tehran said.

An Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. (AP File Photo)

The top diplomats of Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will join Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the Austrian capital, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported, for their first talks together on the deal since US President Donald Trump announced two months ago he was abandoning the agreement.