The director of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that Iran and the P5+1 group still have to come to a common understanding of nuclear program issue.
LAUSANNE (Sputnik)�� Iran and the six major world powers are yet to�resolve some technical issues as�they meet in�the Swiss city of�Lausanne to�hammer out�a framework deal on�Tehran's nuclear program, the director of�Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said Saturday."Still we have to�come to�a common understanding," Salehi told journalists.

"My hope is that finally we are solving them [technical issues], that is our hope and that is what we are trying to�do. I am not a pessimist in�this case and I keep my optimism and hope that we will be getting somewhere," the Iranian nuclear official confessed.

The talks to�pressure Iran into�dismantling its controversial nuclear program entered day three on�Saturday ahead of�a looming deadline. The sides have until�March 31 to�hammer out�a political framework accord, to�be followed by�a comprehensive agreement by�June 31, 2015.The talks kicked off�with a meeting between�US Secretary of�State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Later in�the day, Kerry is anticipated to�meet one-on-one with�French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The ministers will then be joined by�Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier for�a working lunch.


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