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Iran nuclear talks: Zarif returns to Vienna on deadline day
(FRANKS..)
Iran's foreign minister has returned
to Vienna for talks with world powers on the day set as a deadline for
an agreement on its nuclear programme.
Mohammad Javad Zarif is accompanied by the head of Iran's atomic energy agency and President Hassan Rouhani's brother.
All parties to the talks say they do not expect to reach a deal by the time the self-imposed deadline expires.
They stress that much has already been achieved, but a BBC correspondent says success remains far from certain.
The
so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany -
want Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that
it cannot build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which wants international sanctions lifted in exchange, insists that its nuclear work is peaceful.
'Bottom lines'
Iranian
officials said a plane carrying Mr Zarif, Atomic Energy Organisation of
Iran (AEOI) chief Ali Akbar Salehi and Hossein Fereidoun, President
Rouhani's younger brother and special adviser, landed in Vienna on
Tuesday morning.
The presence of Mr Salehi was a sign of Iran's
serious desire to accelerate the negotiations and achieve a
comprehensive deal, Iran's state news agency Irna said.
Iran's top
technical expert, the MIT-educated nuclear physicist had been prevented
from attending the latest round of talks for health reasons.
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Media captionThere are still several issues to reconcile before a nuclear deal can be reached
The
BBC's James Robbins in Vienna reports that Mr Zarif and US Secretary of
State John Kerry will meet each other on Tuesday, with foreign
ministers of other P5+1 powers expected to join in at different points
later this week.
The deadline has slipped by a few days, perhaps even eight or nine, our correspondent says.
US
President Barack Obama has until 9 July to submit details of a final
accord to Congress, triggering a 30-day review period before it could be
signed and any US sanctions waived. If a deal is submitted after 9
July, the review period will be doubled to 60 days.
Our
correspondent says the emphasis from diplomats in Vienna is on the
extraordinary amount already achieved, balanced by caution over the
absolute precision required.
Success in these talks remains far from certain, he adds.
On
Monday, the US warned that a framework deal agreed in Switzerland in
April had to remain the basis for a comprehensive agreement, after
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected key demands of the P5+1 in a speech a week ago.
"We do see a path forward to get a comprehensive agreement that meets our bottom lines," a senior US official in Vienna told reporters.
"This path forward has to be based on the Lausanne parameters. Period."
Ayatollah
Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, insisted Iran would
only dismantle its nuclear infrastructure if sanctions that have
crippled Iran's economy were lifted first. He also ruled out a freeze on
research and development for 10 years, as well as inspections of
military sites.
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