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Iran urges "realistic approach" from powers to clinch final nuclear deal

Xinhua, January 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran and the world powers have narrowed differences over the nuclear issue of the country and are close to an agreement, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Tuesday.

"We have approached to an agreement and the other party should give up pressures on Iran," Zarif was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency.

Dialogues cannot get along with the pressures and no nation will talk under coercion, Zarif said, adding that a "realistic approach" of the other party will help clinch an agreement.

A comprehensive nuclear agreement will not hurt anybody and will benefit all the countries, particularly the regional states, he said.

Agreements on the generalities, including the continuation of Iran's uranium enrichment and the lift of sanctions against Iran, have already been reached, he added.

In the recent talks, experts from Iran and the P5+1 group, including Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany, have delved into the details over the issue and they are discussing "serious differences", Zarif was quoted as saying.

Despite recent "good talks" between the experts of both sides, "there are (still) serious differences over the details and they can be dealt with the political will of the other party," he added.

Iran and the six powers agreed in November 2014 to extend, for the third time, the deadline for another seven months so as to reach a political agreement within the next five months.

How much nuclear capability Iran can keep, and the steps to lift West-imposed sanctions against Tehran are the main sticking points for the ongoing negotiations.

Deputy foreign ministers from Iran are going to sit down with diplomats from the UK, France and Germany in the Turkish city of Istanbul later this month to further discuss Iran's nuclear issue, according to Press TV report on Saturday. Endit