Next week, an Iranian delegation will rejoin the indirect talks with its American counterpart in Vienna, with the expressed aim of moving from proximity negotiations through European, Russian and Chinese mediators to face-to-face exchanges with the Special State Department Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and his team, where the exact formula regarding the mutual return to full compliance with the 2015 JCPOA will be drafted and sent to Washington and Tehran for approval. Ahead of these talks, Malley has been touring the region for consultations and briefings in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel. What is to be expected in Vienna and are the Iranians finally ready for serious negotiations, rather than for merely scoring diplomatic points while they blatantly continue to enrich more high-grade uranium?
Guests Dr. Olli Heinonen - Former Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and a Distinguished fellow, Stimson center, Washington DC, Mr. Meir Javedanfar, Iran lecturer, Reichman University, and Amir Oren: TV7 Editor at large and host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play.
