Substantial Progress Achieved in Nuclear Talks, Says Lavrov

Vienna –   Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that substantial progress has been achieved in Iran- world powers’ nuclear talks.

Speaking in a press conference, Lavrov said that less than 10 points have remained to be organized before signing the comprehensive will be signed.

The Russian foreign minister said that the two sides have reached the last station and there is little way left to be paved till achieving the final agreement.

He said that the foreign ministers of Iran and the Sextet held another round of talks in which the negotiations’ current status and the way to resolve the remaining difference fast were discussed.

Iranian negotiators will stay in Vienna as long as needed, says Araqchi

The senior member of Iran’s nuclear negotiation team Abbass Araqchi on Tuesday said that the Iranian negotiators are ready to stay in Vienna to continue the nuclear talks.

Speaking in an audio-visual interview, Araqchi said, “No deadline is sacred for us. We are ready to remain in Vienna as long as is needed to continue talks even if the talks are extended day by day.”

He stressed that finding a solution for the sticking points in the Joint Plan of Accord depends on making political decisions.

British FM stresses clear political will to get nuclear deal

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond emphasized there was a clear political will to get a nuclear accord with Iran.

Speaking to the press in Vienna on Tuesday, Hammond said he would depart the Austrian capital for London but would return with the other foreign ministers of the six world powers to rejoin the Iran talks in Vienna Thursday evening.

He reiterated there were still a range of issues to be discussed which required political discussions as well as trade-offs.

Hammond made clear both sides had to make difficult decisions.

Talks between the E3 plus 3 are to continue beyond the July 7 deadline as both sides are working feverishly to nail down an agreement over the next couple of days.

Good nuclear deal can serve the entire world, says Larijani

In Tehran, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that a good nuclear agreement between Iran and the six world powers will serve the interests of the seven countries and the entire world as well.

The Iranian parliament speaker made the comment in a meeting with Palestinian political activist affiliated to liberation movement to free the occupied Holy Qods from Israeli occupation.

Larijani expressed outrage at the notorious acts of Tel Aviv to sabotage Iran-West nuclear negotiations.

‘The heads of that regime act hurriedly and even openly voice their opposition to the negotiations; even during the previous two rounds of the negotiations, it were the Zionist groups that used to create nuisance and some Arab countries were following the Zionists’ model in opposing the nuclear talks proactively,’ said Larijani.

Larijani said that although the Zionist regime adopted stands hurriedly about the ongoing nuclear talks, a good agreement can be beneficial for the entire world.

‘Events such as the nuclear agreement can contribute to the establishment of sustainable security in the region and sever the hands of that (Zionist) regime from making more notorious acts, as there is the precedent about the regime’s trouble-making event in America, such as Netanyahu’s UC Congress address,’ he said.

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