Iran has entered an eighth and potentially final round of talks in Vienna aimed at restoring the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement, which former President Trump abandoned in 2018. Ahead of the talks, a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said any new nuclear deal — known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA — would have to guarantee the U.S. will not withdraw again.

Saeed Khatibzadeh: “We are in Vienna to reach an agreement at the first opportunity, a good agreement that guarantees the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian people under the JCPOA, an agreement where we can be assured that the United States will not mock international rights once again.”