UNITED NATIONS�Foreign ministers from Iran and the six powers that negotiated July�s nuclear agreement met Monday evening to discuss the implementation of the deal, with European Union foreign policy chief�Federica Mogherini�saying they hope to complete that work in early 2016.

With the agreement now backed by a United Nations resolution and with efforts to defeat the accord in the U.S. Congress having failed, Iranian Foreign Minister�Javad Zarif�and counterparts from the other nationsdiscussed Monday next steps for putting the deal into effect�and possible hurdles ahead.

Iran will only win major sanctions relief once it has carried out a whole series of measures to scale back its nuclear program and infrastructure. Iran�s parliament still has to vote to approve the deal.

Monday�s hourlong foreign ministers meeting was the first since the nuclear agreement was sealed July 14 in Vienna.

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