Iran's Foreign Minister: 'We're closer than ever to reviving nuclear deal'

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic and world powers are closer than ever to reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.

"If the US acts pragmatically, we are ready to have foreign ministers of countries belonging to the nuclear deal's joint commission gather in Vienna to finalize the agreement," Amir-Abdollahian was quoted by Reuters as having said during a press conference in Damascus alongside his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad.