IRAN-NUCLEAR/MEETING ARRIVALS Iran nuclear talks resume on ministerial level

Record ID: 147870

  • Title: IRAN-NUCLEAR/MEETING ARRIVALS Iran nuclear talks resume on ministerial level
  • Date: 9th July 2015
  • Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (JULY 9, 2015) (REUTERS) PALAIS COBURG, VENUE OF IRAN NEGOTIATIONS SIGN ON WALL READING "COBURG RESIDENZ" HEAD OF IRAN'S ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ALI AKBAR SALEHI, STANDING IN HOTEL LOBBY, GREETING AN OFFICIAL AND WALKING IN POLICE IN FRONT OF PALAIS COBURG CAR WITH FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, LAURENT FABIUS, ARRIVING / FABIUS WAVING AND WALKING INTO PALAIS COBUR
  • Embargoed: 24th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA8H1ASYZGQ1XNJMMW8DQ6KTQXI
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Negotiations on Iran resumed on foreign minister level as Iran and the powers were in the last stretch of talks to reach a final agreement over Iran's nuclear programme on Thursday (July 9, 2015) in Vienna.
    French, British and German foreign ministers returned to Vienna on Wednesday.
    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had stayed behind in the Austrian capital, along with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, in an attempt to break the logjam.
    Kerry and Zarif were involved in a tense exchange over U.N. sanctions on Monday night, diplomats said.
    Tehran says conventional weapons and missiles have nothing to do with the nuclear issue and embargoes should therefore be removed.
    Iran's official news agency IRNA quoted unnamed residents at the Palais as saying Kerry and Zarif could be heard shouting at each other during a one-on-one meeting on Monday.
    A Kerry aide had gone in to tell them that they could be heard clearly.
    Western countries accuse Iran of seeking the capability to build nuclear weapons, while Tehran says its programme is peaceful.
    A successful deal could be the biggest milestone in decades towards easing hostility between Iran and the United States, foes since Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.
    It would also be a political success for both U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran's pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani, both of whom face scepticism from powerful hardliners at home.
    Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China have given themselves at least until Friday, but a source from one of the powers said on Tuesday (July 8) they had to wrap up in the next 48 hours.
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