the country’s nuclear sites is “predicated” on the verifiable lifting of sanctions. In a post on his official Twitter page on Wednesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who is leading the Iranian negotiating team in the Vienna talks, expressed hope that the sanctions would be lifted before May 21, the deadline set as part of an ad hoc agreement struck between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on inspections of the country’s nuclear sites. “Resumption of voluntary application of AP by Iran is predicated on sanctions being lifted. We'd like to get to it before 21 May, if possible,” said the tweet.