Iran denies direct talks with US in Vienna nuclear negotiations, says 'it's unnecessary'

Iran has denied the prospects of holding direct talks with the United States on the 2015 nuclear deal as it agreed to participate in a meeting in Austria's capital next week. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif agreed to speak with the other participants P5+1 that include China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom to negotiate on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) during a virtual meeting as the country is set to resume nuclear talks in Vienna next Tuesday. Tehran's aim, he said, is to "rapidly finalise sanction-lifting and nuclear measures for choreographed removal of all sanctions, followed…