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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Tehran under pressure as Iran nuclear deal reaches crunch point

Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian,  in Vienna.
Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Vienna. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Iran has reached a moment of truth and must decide in days, not weeks, whether to accept the text of a nuclear deal accepted by China, Russia, European powers and the US, the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has said.

His claim that the text was now agreed, not just between western powers, but also Russia and China, is designed to put maximum pressure on Iran to accept the attempt to revive its landmark nuclear deal, by which it agreed to limit nuclear activity in return for the lifting of some sanctions.

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