Iran�s President Rouhani has declared that a comprehensive nuclear deal with the 5+1 Powers is possible in talks in Vienna, as the two sides face a November 24 deadline.
Rouhani said on Wednesday night, �If the opposite party in the negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran has the political will for a deal and avoids excessive demands, the conditions are prepared for the conclusion of a deal.�

The President repeated that an agreement should ��preserve and guarantee the rights of the Iranian nation� to a nuclear program for civilian purposes, and should �further stabilize the region�.

Rouhani noted that a long-term deal over Iran�s civilian nuclear activities will be in the interest of all countries, emphasizing that such an accord would fix economic problems in the world.

The President�s statement filled a void in news from the talks, which began on Tuesday. Iranian officials met counterparts from Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany in bilateral sessions, a day after they sat down with the senior American negotiators.

A BBC reporter summarized the lack of public information about the discussions:

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Interim arrangements over Iran�s nuclear program, agreed in November 2013, expire on Monday.

Key issues to be resolved included the number and level of Iran�s centrifuges for uranium enrichment, the lifting of US-led sanctions, and the duration of an agreement.

Head of judiciary Sadegh Larijani, who met Rouhani on Wednesday,�called for a firm Iranian line, �If the opposite side intends to raise excessive demands to make us withdraw from our rights, they should know that our nation will never bow to such demands.�

Speaking to judiciary officials, Larijani demanded that Iranian negotiators in Vienna not waver, �If the negotiating side senses that we have withdrawn a step, they will come several steps forward.�

And he insisted that the lifting of sanctions on Tehran, which have crippled Iran�s oil exports and other sectors such as finance since 2012, must be permanent:
No new sanctions should be imposed against Iran on any new pretext, that is to say the situation shouldn�t be in a way that they lift the present sanctions today, but impose new ones on the pretext of ballistic missiles or human rights issues tomorrow.
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