Iran nuclear talks: Diplomats ponder extending deadline

  24 November 2014    Read: 790
Iran nuclear talks: Diplomats ponder extending deadline
Foreign ministers trying to reach an agreement on Iran`s nuclear programme are considering extending negotiations, as Monday`s deadline for a deal looms.
The diplomats still report "serious gaps" at the talks in Vienna, and may look to agreeing an interim framework.

The six nations - the US, UK, Russia, China, Germany and France - want Iran to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of UN sanctions.

Iran says it is not seeking nuclear weapons, but wants atomic energy.

It says its nuclear programme is solely designed to provide peaceful, civilian projects.

On Sunday evening, the so-called P5+1 group and Iranian officials said they were discussing the possibility of extending the negotiations, as a comprehensive agreement was still far away.

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