In this edition, SPOTLIGHT interviews Elijah Magnier veteran journalist and writer from Brussels, and Hafsa Kara-Mustapha journalist and political analyst from London to look at latest developments in JCPOA revival talks in Vienna.

In 2021 Iran has had the Vienna talks to remove US imposed sanction sanctions on Iran, as well as a health crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic and plenty of western “double-speak” to contend with.

Iran and the other signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal continue their seventh round of talks in Vienna.

Iran’s president defends the draft documents his country has presented in the latest round of talks with the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Israel has given initial approval to a plan to build thousands of settler units in the Occupied West Bank. The plan would see the construction of three thousands units on lands near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.

Amir-Abdollahian warns that Tehran will not stop the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) from filing a lawsuit against South Korea over the freezing of Iranian assets in its banks under US pressure if Seoul fails to take practical strides to unblock the funds.

The Iranian president says the US should be held accountable for supporting the Daesh terror group as well as new forms of terrorism.

US President Joe Biden’s point man for Iran, Robert Malley, admits that ex-president Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Tehran “failed miserably” and “hurt US interests”

Tehran says a humanitarian prisoner exchange will take place with the US and the UK if Washington and London meet their obligation under the swap deal.

Russia says no time has been set for the next round of Vienna talks as Iran needs more time after its presidential poll.