Iran’s chief negotiator announced on Thursday that the talks will resume in Geneva at the end of this month. A US deal with Iran was struck in 2015, but in 2018, President Donald Trump pulled out of the agreement and resumed sanctions against the country. Since then, the newly elected Iranian government has moved forward with further development of uranium and nuclear capacity. But Iran’s economy is in crisis, with about an 80% inflation rate, and negotiators there may be motivated to try to get back on track with the Biden administration. Host Marco Werman speaks with Barbara Slavin, director of The Future of Iran Initiative, about what’s at stake for both the US and Iran.
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