Kerry said that he is not certain that an agreement with Tehran on Iran's controversial nuclear program could be reached at this point.


LAUSANNE, March 30 (Sputnik) � US Secretary of�State John Kerry is not certain that an agreement with�Tehran on�Iran's controversial nuclear program could be reached at�this point, Kerry told RIA Novosti.

Speaking in�Lausanne, Kerry said he was not sure that the deal was possible at�the current stage in�negotiations.

Iran and the P5+1 group, which includes Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Germany started yet another round�of talks on�the Iran nuclear issue in�the Swiss city of�Lausanne on�Thursday.

According to�Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who is Tehran's envoy at�the talks, Iran is demanding that all sanctions and UN resolutions imposing crippling restrictions against�Tehran be scrapped as�part of�its nuclear deal with�major world powers.Meanwhile the West is trying to�get Iran to�significantly limit its uranium enrichment, so that there is a guarantee that its nuclear program is not aimed at�developing nuclear weapons.

Initially, Tehran insisted on�having at�least 10,000 centrifuges, but�in February the United States proposed to�cut this number to�6,500.

Iran and the P5+1 group have held several rounds of�talks on�Tehran's nuclear program in�recent years with�limited results. The long-term agreement has to�be reached by�July 2015. A political framework deal needs to�be worked out�by Tuesday, March 31.


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