Hmmm: EU calls for “pause” in Iran nuclear talks over … “external factors”

ED MORRISSEY Mar 11, 2022 at HotAir:

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Which “external factors” might have spooked the European Union from the return of the Iran deal they pushed over the last five years? Vladimir Putincertainly counts among them. But does Joe Biden as well?

Whatever the cause, the sudden stop in momentum toward an agreement came as a surprise:

The European Union foreign policy chief has said that talks in Vienna to resurrect the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and global powers should be paused because of “external factors”.

“A pause in #ViennaTalks is needed, due to external factors,” said Josep Borrell on Twitter on Friday at the end of a week in which western officials had hoped a deal would be announced. The Islamic republic has been in indirect talks with the US, brokered by…