Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Moscow on Friday.

Iran PressEurope: "The meeting was also attended by the Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov," Russian Mission Vienna tweeted."

"It was a very professional exchange of views on the current situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),  and prospects of the Vienna Talks," Ulyanov said in a comment on the tweet.

"My assessment: despite all the difficulties, the nuclear deal still can be restored. For this to happen, the US should demonstrate greater flexibility," Ulyanov noted.

This meeting comes at a time when Iran-US talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, have ended without results.

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