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Iran , World Powers to Start Drafting Agreement Next Month

Iran , World Powers to Start Drafting Agreement Next Month
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A US official said on Friday that world powers and Iran will start drafting a comprehensive nuclear agreement next month.

Iran , World Powers to Start Drafting Agreement Next MonthAccording to the information, the official said the sides are making progress in talks. The official was not authorized to speak for attribution and demanded anonymity.

Under a six-month interim deal which was reached between Iran and six world powers in November, the Islamic Republic agreed to freeze its uranium enrichment program in return for sanctions relief.
That interim agreement is meant to lead to a final accord that minimizes any potential Iranian nuclear weapons threat in return for a full lifting of sanctions.

The sides recently held a second round of talks in Vienna on a final agreement, with both sides saying progress had been made but that hard work remained to be done.
This comes as the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] said that Iran is honoring the agreement thus far. It expires in July and may be extended.
"We have set out a work plan on how to proceed to get a comprehensive agreement...and we are on pace with that work plan and look to begin drafting in May," a senior US administration official, speaking not for attribution, said on Friday.

The official said: "All of the parties are committed to finishing within the six-month [duration of the] Joint Plan of Action," adding "I am absolutely convinced that we can."
Iran and the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany reached an interim deal on November 24, 2013, in Geneva.

On Friday, another senior US official said that no other meetings will be held outside of those which have taken place on the sidelines of the meetings in Vienna and those which have been announced so far.

The official also said that it may be true that US authorities are expressing more confidence about reaching a final accord, particularly in a period of six months without requiring an extension since comprehensive deal talks got underway in February.
"I think you're right to say increasing confidence since the talks started - everyone has kept their commitments in implementing the JPOA, we're having substantive and detailed discussions about the issues that will have to be part of a comprehensive agreement," the official said.

However, "we are still clear-eyed about how tough this will be," the official said, adding "the real question is if everyone is willing to make the tough choices this will require."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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