Who's on Iran's current nuclear negotiating team? Some have controversial pasts.

As nuclear talks in Vienna continue their halting progress, a look at the backgrounds of the key members of the Iranian negotiating team may help explain why it has been so difficult to revive the 2015 JCPOA.

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