we understand that this special committee is with officials from the national supreme national security council. all right. somebody thanks. data storage authority, there live, entire honest also was saying in vienna maps involved in talks to revive the iran nuclear deal. say they're heading back to their capitals to prepare for what could be a final route of the garcey ations. they've been trying since april to bring the us back into the pact to get iran to once again comply with the conditions while several sticking points remain. all sides say the closer to the end, kristen salumi reports for washington. the key issues seemed to be the lifting of sanctions that were imposed by the united states. when president donald trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement, the iranians went into these talk saying that they would not go back to full compliance with the deal until the sanctions were completely lifted. and national security advisor for the united states, jake sullivan is saying that the united states does retain the right to impose unilateral sanctions on non nuclear issues like human rights

i had the chance yesterday to speak with the head of iran's national supreme security council -- supreme national security council, and he told me as far as, for instance, the efforts to try to get the iran nuclear deal back on track, the nuclear agreement back on track, that is going to remain because that is something that the supreme leader has said he wants to happen. so even with a new administration, iran is still looking to get back into full compliance with the deal and of course looking to get the u.s. back into that deal, michael. >> fred, you've been to iran many times. i mean you mentioned there the moderate voters didn't turn out, perhaps because they saw the writing on the wall in terms of how restricted the field was. how would you describe enthusiasm or otherwise among iranians for this election, especially given, you know, the result was pretty predetermined in many ways? >> reporter: well, you know, i was here in 2017 when we had the election then and there seemed to be a lot more enthusiasm at the polling stations than this time. but i think one of the things -- or some of the

supreme leader. of next, the national security council determines foreign and national security council's. that body is presided over by the president of the country. however, while the decisions must ultimately become armed by ayatollah -- must be confirmed by ayatollah khamenei. there are, of course, as always exceptions to this. the supreme leader has the final say. you may be wondering why i only use the pronoun he when speaking about the iranian president. the reason for that is because since the establishment of the islamic republic in 1979, no woman has ever qualified to run for president. >> next, drug manufacturer astrazeneca has issued a statement this friday to make it clear it is looking forward to a renewed collaboration with the european commission to help fight the continent's coronavirus outbreak. the statement came after a court in brussels agreed with the eu the country -- the company preached the terms of its contract -- the company breached the terms of its contract. with more from brussels, here is our correspondent. >> you could say astrazeneca has won the battle but