Iran foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zari leaves after a ministerial meeting of EU/E3 and Iran at the European headquarters in Brussels on May 15, 2018. Iran's foreign minister said on May 15 that efforts to save the nuclear deal after the abrupt US withdrawal were "on the right track" as he began talks with European powers in Brussels
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"I believe it's a good start. We're not there, we're beginning the process," Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters after meeting his French, British and German counterparts in Brussels.
Iran's FM heads to Brussels on final leg of nuclear deal saving tour
The three European signatories to the landmark 2015 deal are leading international efforts to preserve it after US President Donald Trump withdrew and reimposed sanctions lifted under the accord.
Tehran has said it wants guarantees that the economic benefits the deal brought will continue if it is to stick with it and Zarif warned he expected to see progress "within the next few weeks".
Europe offers no guarantees but vows to keep Iran deal alive
The EU has said it will stick to the deal as long as Iran does, but the Islamic republic has warned it is ready to resume 'industrial-scale' uranium enrichment if it is not satisfied.
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The deal, painstakingly negotiated over more than a decade, lifted punishing economic sanctions on Iran in return for it abandoning its nuclear ambitions.
Trump cast the agreement into jeopardy a week ago when he abruptly pulled the US out.
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