Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that talks in Vienna on rescuing a troubled 2015 nuclear deal had opened a "new chapter", AFP reported.

A new legislative period started in Iran on Wednesday, with a three-party coalition of conservatives, arch-conservatives and hardliners to dominate this session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, news wires reported. Reformers and moderate conservatives close to President Hassan Rowhani are minority after their bad results in February's election.