Iran, P5+1 have differences in entire nuclear issues
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said the
Islamic Republic and the P5+1 countries have differences in all
topics, as far as nuclear talks go.
However he expressed hope that the two sides can achieve the final
deal until the 24-Nov. deadline, IRNA news agency reported Oct.
20.
"If the opposite sides show goodwill and pay more attention to
Iran's offers, the final agreement will be possible before the
deadline," Araqchi noted.
He also dismissed reports about the Islamic Republic's agreement to
send its enriched uranium outside the country, calling it media
speculations.
Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security
Council plus Germany) held their latest round of talks in Vienna in
mid-October to work out a final agreement aimed at ending the
long-standing dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.
Last November, Iran and the P5+1 clinched an interim nuclear
accord, which took effect on Jan. 20 and expired six months later.
However, the two sides agreed to extend their talks until Nov. 24
as they remained divided on a number of key issues.
The West wants Iran to have single-digit thousands of active
centrifuges, meaning it would take Tehran a long time to use them
for producing high-level enriched uranium for nuclear weapon.
Tehran who has 19,000 centrifuges has rejected reducing the number
of active enrichment machines.