Iran hopes INSTEX will be operational in 'coming weeks' Iran hopes a new payments vehicle, known as INSTEX, -- devised to bypass US sanctions -- will be operational 'in the coming weeks', its Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says after a meeting in Vienna with representatives from China, Russia, Britain and France -- all signatories of the international deal on Iran's nuclear programme. IMAGES of delegations leaving JCPOA meeting in Vienna AND SOUNDBITES from Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi