U.S. plays down expectations for Vienna Iran nuclear talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday played down expectations for talks on how Washington and Tehran might resume compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and said the U.S. envoy was likely to return home as the talks break for the weekend.

While echoing descriptions of the talks as "constructive," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters "we would also, however, hasten to not allow expectations to outpace where we are."

(Reporting By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington and by Arshad Mohammed in Saint Paul, Minn.; Editing by Chris Reese)