Iranian Diplomat Hails Progress in Drafting Nuclear Deal
VIENNA (Tasnim) – As nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers entered its 5th day, an Iranian diplomat close to the talks hailed the development in preparing a final nuclear deal.
The diplomat said "good progress" has been made by the two sides in drafting the text of the agreement, whose title is ‘joint comprehensive plan of action’.
The fifth round of negotiations between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program began in the Austrian capital of Vienna on June 16.
On Friday, Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi and deputy foreign minister Majid Takhtravanchi together with Helga Schmid, deputy for EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton will decide whether this round of nuclear negotiations will conclude today or continue further.
The talks are aimed at drafting a comprehensive deal to resolve the decade-long standoff over Tehran's peaceful nuclear energy program.
Iran and the six world powers inked an interim deal on Tehran’s nuclear program in Geneva last November, which came into force on January 20. The interim deal (the Joint Plan of Action) stipulates that over the course of six months (July 20), the parties will draw up a comprehensive nuclear deal which will lead to a lifting of the whole sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
