The US special envoy for Iran rules out push for stalled talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, saying Washington would continue its policy of sanctions and pressure against Tehran.

The US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, says negotiations a revival of the 2015 Iran deal remain “at a standstill” and are “not even on the agenda” for now.

Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian rejects US claims, says all demands within the JCPOA framework.

Iran’s foreign minister says Washington has to choose between diplomacy and unilateralism at the talks to revive the Iran deal.

Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani is due in the Qatari capital of Doha to resume stalled talks on the removal of sanctions.

Talks to revive the 2015 Iran deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, remain stalled after a year of intensive diplomacy.

The US special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, has acknowledged once again that abandoning the 2015 Iran deal did not serve Washington’s interests, but said the prospects of reviving the agreement are “tenuous at best.”