Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent
The preconditions raised by the man leading Iran’s delegation – a ceasefire in Lebanon and the unfreezing of billions of dollars of Iranian assets – give some indication of the complexities now facing the negotiators.
The nuclear issue is the biggest, and the oldest, lying at the root of the west’s long-standing concerns about Iran. The regime insists it has never tried to develop a bomb, but since Donald Trump withdrew from a previous, meticulously negotiated nuclear deal, eight years ago, Iran has enriched uranium way beyond what it might need for a civil programme.
The US wants Iran to
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