chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi was quoted as saying by Iran's state media.... It was also agreed to

Raisi is due to replace Rouhani in August. Iran struck a deal with major powers in 2015 to curb its uranium enrichment program, a possible pathway to nuclear arms, in return for the lifting of U.S., EU and U.N. sanctions.... Then-U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in 2018 and reimposed harsh sanctions, prompting Tehran to start violating some of the nuclear limits in 2019 while sticking to its position that it had no nuclear weapons ambitions.... Maas said a deal was possible even