Participants in the Vienna talks have advanced closer to an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal than ever, the head of Iran’s delegation said on Wednesday, stressing "It is time for the West to make a serious decision."

Iran PressEurope: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, "After weeks of intensive talks, we are closer than ever to an agreement; nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, though. Our negotiating partners need to be realistic, avoid intransigence, and heed lessons of past 4 years."

"Time for their serious decisions," Bagheri Kani tweeted.

After weeks of intensive diplomatic consultations, the eighth round of Vienna negotiations to remove the unlawful sanctions, which had been begun on December 27, 2021, was entered a break on Friday, January 28, making political decisions.

The consultations continued on the eighth day of the eighth round of Vienna talks, and Bagheri Kani met with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

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