Centrifugal forces: Iran nuclear talks resume
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Things were all smiles after negotiations resumed—but it is difficult to see how a middle ground can be reached in Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Apple’s surprise move to permit repairs to its hardware reflects the growing “right to repair” movement, and a shift in the notion of tech ownership. And the “grab lists” that museum curators prefer not to talk about. Have your say about “The Intelligence” in our survey here
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:08.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:17.0 | Apple used to be notorious for how difficult or risky it was for customers to repair its phones. |
| 0:23.8 | All of a sudden, though, that's changing. |
| 0:26.1 | We take a look at the right-to-repair movement and what to make of Apple's surprise move. |
| 0:34.3 | And if there's a fire or a flood at a big museum, and there's a chance to salvage a few things, |
| 0:40.3 | which works come off the walls. |
| 0:42.3 | Curators don't like to talk about them, |
| 0:44.3 | but our correspondent digs into the tricky business of grab lists. |
| 0:53.3 | First up, though. |
| 0:57.0 | Talks on the Iran nuclear deal resumed yesterday in Vienna, the first time since hardliner |
| 1:07.4 | Ebrahim Raeisi became Iran's president in the summer. |
| 1:18.6 | Negotiators from Europe, China, and Russia joined Iranian counterparts to find a path back to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, or to bash out a new deal. |
| 1:25.6 | Not in the room are American negotiators. |
| 1:28.6 | Iran hasn't spoken to them since then-P-Trump tore up the deal in 2018. |
| 1:34.5 | The JCPOA put limits on Iran's nuclear enrichment program |
| 1:37.9 | in exchange for the lifting of many economic sanctions. |
| 1:41.5 | As those sanctions came back into force, |
| 1:43.9 | Iran got right back to work, |
| 1:45.7 | enriching uranium, edging ever closer to real weapons capability. In the meantime, the diplomacy |
| 1:51.7 | hasn't gone anywhere. But after the first day of this week's negotiations, things were all |
| 1:57.4 | smiles. And Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General of the EU's Foreign Service, |
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