French and Iranian experts were huddling in
Paris as the clock ticks on an end-of-the-week deadline for Europe to come up with a way for
Iran to sell its oil despite U.S.
sanctions — or face a new scaling back of the 2015 nuclear accord.
A visit on Monday by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and a team of economists was wrapped in discretion.
The meeting coincided with a
Moscow visit by Iran's foreign minister, who made an exceptional appearance in Biarritz last week on the sidelines of the G-7 summit.