Nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers will most likely be extended, two diplomats told The Associated Press (AP) today.
According to the diplomats the negotiators haven’t reached an agreement to all the main elements of a nuclear deal and therefore the 30 June deadline will most likely be extended until 8 July. According to the news agency, there isn’t any significant progress in the nuclear talks as Russian chief delegate Sergey Ryabkov said on Friday that “the rate of progress … is progressively slowing down.”
CNNreportedyesterday that a significant progress was achieved in the nuclear talks as officials from the EU and the US clarified that the issue of whether Iran was trying to create or not nuclear weapons before 2003, never had to be resolved in order for the deal to be reached.
Still the US and the EU want from Iran to grant unprecedented levels of access in which international nuclear inspectors could visit any facility in Iran suspected of nuclear activity, including military sites like the Parchin military installation.
Iran is denying the allegations that the country tried or still tries to build a nuclear weapon through its nuclear programme, stressing that the programme is only for energy purposes. However, the Middle East country denies to grant access to military sites.
“As part of a comprehensive agreement, we want the IAEA (UN’s nuclear agency) to be able to do its work to resolve possible past military dimensions of Iran’s program, and they will have to give the IAEA the access it needs to do its job,” a senior administration official told CNN Tuesday.
US Secretary of State, John Kerry said about the progress of the nuclear talks: “The talks remain tough…And just as I have said consistently, we’re not going to rush to an agreement for the sake of an agreement, and we’re not going to sign an agreement that we don’t believe gets the job done.”
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