Iran says much of nuclear deal already agreed

Deputy FM Abbas Araqchi indicates differences remain but ‘major part’ have been worked through

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Tuesday that major portions of a draft nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 worlds powers have been agreed on, while acknowledging that some small differences remained.

“We have now a text that a major part of it, even all its phrases, has been agreed but a part of it is still a source of difference,” Araqchi said in an interview upon arrival in Vienna on Tuesday, ahead of a next round of negotiations.

“In certain paragraphs, there is difference on one phrase and in certain other paragraphs, one sentence and in certain parts, the whole phrase has not been agreed; yet now a major part has ended,” he added.

Arachi said he hoped the agreement would be finalized by the target date of June 30.

Full article: Iran says much of nuclear deal already agreed (The Times of Israel)