U.S. envoy for Iran will visit UAE, Israel, Saudi and Bahrain Nov. 11-20

Washington's envoy for Iran is touring Israel and three Gulf states between 11 and 20 November, before talks on the Iranian nuclear deal are expected to resume end of the month

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The New Arab Staff & Agencies

11 November, 2021

Malley wants to coordinate ahead of fresh talks about reviving the Iran nuclear deal [Getty]

U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain November 11-20 to coordinate ahead of fresh talks about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

"He will coordinate our approaches on a broad range of concerns with Iran, including its destabilising activities in the region and the upcoming seventh round of talks on a mutual return to full compliance with the (deal)," the statement said, referring to the November 29 resumption of indirect U.S.-Iran talks.

The upcoming talks in Vienna seek to get Washington and Tehran to resume compliance with the nuclear deal, under which Iran restrained its nuclear program in return for relief from U.S., EU and U.N. sanctions.

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the deal in 2018 and restored broad U.S. sanctions, prompting Iran to begin violating its nuclear restrictions about a year later.

(Reuters)