28 Mar 2024
Saturday 7 March 2015 - 22:43
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Possibility of Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal over 50%: Zarif

[caption id="attachment_147784" align="alignright" width="243"]Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ( AFP) Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ( AFP)[/caption]

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the removal ofthe UN Security Councils sanctions on Tehran is contingent upon"political will," adding the two sides are likely to clinch a final deal.

Lifting the Security Councils sanctions has no complications and only depends on political will, Zarif said in an interview with a weekly affiliated to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) published on Saturday.

There is no legal complications, either, for the liftingof sanctions, he added.

He said parties to the negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program are likely to reach an accord.

"I believe there are more chances of success than failure," said the top diplomat.

"The odds of [reaching] a [final] deal is more than 50 percent," he said

"I feel both sides believe it willbe more useful ifthe talks yield an agreement rather than break down," he underscored.

Nevertheless, he emphasized that everything should be agreed on before a final deal is to be struck.

"Nothing isagreed upon unless everything is agreed on," said the foreign minister.

The negotiations will go on,and as long as[Iran and the P5+1] have notagreed on all details, there is the possibility of the talksbreaking down, Zarif pointed out.

Iran and the P5+1 countries Britain, France, the United States, China, Russia and Germany are seeking to seal a comprehensive nuclear deal by July 1. The two sides have already missed two self-imposed deadlines for inking a final agreement since they signed an interim one in the Swiss city of Geneva inNovember 2013.



Deputy foreign ministers of Iran and the six powers wrapped up deputy-level negotiations over Tehrans nuclear program in the Swiss city of Montreuxon Thursday.

The deputy-level talks came a day after Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his American counterpart, John Kerry, wrapped up intense negotiations in Montreux. Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz also attended the talks.



An informed source close to Iran's negotiating team told Press TV's reporter that the next round of talks at ministerial level has been slated for March 15-20.

By Press TV
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