Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Sunday met and held talks with the European Union deputy foreign policy chief and the European troika representatives in the Vienna talks focusing on lifting oppressive and illegal sanctions against Tehran.

Iran PressEurope: The meeting between Ali Bagheri Kani and Enrique Mora took place at Vienna's Coburg Hotel, where expert consultations are continuing at bilateral and multilateral levels.

The meeting with European sides was held with new British and German representatives in the negotiations.

The German negotiator was changed because a new government took the helm in the country and the British envoy was replaced because of the retirement of the former one.

Representatives of Iran and the P4+1 group began the eighth round of the Vienna talks on December 27 focused on the removal of all sanctions imposed on Tehran after Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the agreement.

The US is not allowed to directly attend the talks due to its pullout in 2018 from the landmark deal with Iran.

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