VIENNA (Tasnim) � A ranking diplomat from the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) said foreign ministers of Iran and the six world powers are likely to hold a gathering on July 5 as part of talks over a final deal on Tehran�s nuclear program.

The senior diplomat made the comments in an interview with Tasnim in Vienna on Tuesday.

It came after Iran and the six nations (also known as the P5+1 or E3+3) decided to continue diplomatic negotiations for an extra week to nail down details of a final agreement on Tehran�s nuclear program, extending a deadline that expired on Tuesday night.

The week-long extension follows days of tight diplomatic meetings at Vienna�s Palais Coburg hotel with the purpose of finalizing the text of an accord that would end more than a decade of standoff over Iran�s nuclear energy program.

On Tuesday, Iran�s lead negotiator and foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, held separate meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russia�s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Germany�s Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano.

Back on April 2, Iran and the six nations reached a framework nuclear agreement in Lausanne, Switzerland, that provides outlines of a final agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

By Tasnim News Agency