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Kerry arrives in Vienna as world powers prepare to lift sanctions against Iran

Published: 17 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 10:25 am
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VIENNA: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Vienna on Saturday as Iran and Western powers finalized arrangements for the lifting of sanctions against Tehran under a landmark nuclear deal clinched last year.

Kerry is expected to go directly into a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who arrived in Vienna earlier. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. body, is set to issue a report triggering the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, United States and European Union.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Dominic Evans)

Reuters