<p>"There is a high degree of mistrust and time is too short. So I think it’s warranted to have a note of cautiousness, in addition to optimism,” Ali Vaez, Director of Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, tells Becky Anderson on the U.S.-Iran talks. </p>
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"There is a high degree of mistrust and time is too short. So I think it’s warranted to have a note of cautiousness, in addition to optimism,” Ali Vaez, Director of Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, tells Becky Anderson on the U.S.-Iran talks.

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<p>"There is a high degree of mistrust and time is too short. So I think it’s warranted to have a note of cautiousness, in addition to optimism,” Ali Vaez, Director of Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, tells Becky Anderson on the U.S.-Iran talks. </p>
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