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By Sara Rajabova

Iran and the P5+1 group are scheduled to start the next round of high-level negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna.

The fifth round of talks between Iran and the P5+1 - Russia, China, France, Britain, the U.S. and Germany, which are aimed at drafting a final comprehensive deal, will begin on June 16.

Prior to the talks, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said they will make efforts to start writing the draft text of the final agreement in Vienna.

At a lunch banquet later on June 16, the Iranian foreign minister is scheduled to meet with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who leads the team from the six world powers during the nuclear negotiations.

Zarif is accompanied by a number of senior Iranian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi, Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi and Director General for Political and International Affairs at Iran's Foreign Ministry Hamid Ba'eedinejad.

On June 15, Iranian and German diplomats have held nuclear talks on Tehran's nuclear energy program.

Iran and Germany have urged the negotiating sides to start drafting the text of a comprehensive deal on Tehran's nuclear energy program.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said the two sides exchanged views on the issues raised in the previous rounds of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1.

Araqchi said the bilateral talks that were held ahead of the next round of negotiations in Vienna are of special importance.

Iran and the six world powers have been discussing ways to iron out their differences and start drafting a final deal that would end the West's dispute with Iran over the country's nuclear energy program.

In November 2013, the two sides signed an interim nuclear deal in the Swiss city of Geneva that came into force on January 20.

Under the deal, the six countries agreed to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for Iran agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities during a six-month period.

The next round of high-profile negotiations is scheduled for June 16-20 in the Austrian capital, Vienna.