The story: President Ebrahim Raisi's “confusing” approach to reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is raising concerns among supporters of the accord at home. Backers of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the deal is formally known, worry that the Raisi administration could torpedo efforts to restore the agreement.

As for the Iranian president, he has insisted that his government is "serious" about returning to the negotiating table—but has so far refrained from setting a date. Against this backdrop, informed Iranian sources have told Amwaj.media that the next round of follow-up talks on the JCPOA will take place in Brussels “in two weeks"...