Iran nuclear talks expected to hinge on these 4 questions

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Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi arrives at the Burgenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, on June 21.

Iran's foreign-affairs minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Switzerland on June 21 for talks with the US.

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Leo Sands

DUBAI – The next round of US-Iran negotiations will seek to resolve perhaps the thorniest issue between the two sides: What should happen to Iran’s nuclear programme?

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the primary motivation for starting the war with Iran was to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. For years, Iran has been amassing near-bomb-grade uranium, which the United States and Israel fear could be developed into a weapon.

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