The resumption of Iran nuclear talks will help ease growing concerns about a regional conflict by signaling a potential path forward on a deal. But negotiators are unlikely to quickly resolve the sticking points that halted talks in March, which will continue to impede progress. On June 25, European and Iranian officials said that negotiations aimed at restoring the fraught 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), would resume in the “coming days” after a three-month hiatus. Iran’s foreign ministry has since confirmed that talks would take place in Qatar’s capital of Doha beginning on June 28. The news follows EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s recent trip to Iran, where he -- standing alongside Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian -- said reaching a nuclear agreement with Tehran was “more important than ever.” ...
