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World powers meet in Vienna on nuclear deal after Iran hardliner wins

Focus now shifts to extension of June 24 IAEA monitoring pact

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A celebratory rally after Ebrahim Raisi’s presidential election victory in Tehran Photo: Reuters

Jonathan Tirone & Arsalan Shahla | Bloomberg
World powers and Iran failed after a sixth round of negotiations in Vienna to revive a nuclear deal that would lift US sanctions on the oil-rich Islamic Republic in exchange for it scaling back its atomic activities.
 
A day after hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential election, diplomats adjourned their sixth round of meetings with significant gaps remaining to mend the six-year-old accord. It’s the third time since talks began in April that negotiators have missed self-imposed deadlines to rejuvenate the agreement.
 
“How many mistakes can I make, I don’t know,” said European