Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said that the two sides agreed on the outlines of the agreement, but the other side retreat, Iran`s Fars News Agency reported on Jan. 11.
"A few days later Israeli Prime Minister said that they prevented a deal between Iran and the P5+1," he said.
"They don’t want us to reach an agreement because they believe that crisis will serve their interests best," Salehi added.
The official went on to note that the level of uranium enrichment and the annual output are currently at the heart of the negotiations.
Iran and P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council comprising of China, France, Russia, Britain, the US Plus Germany) sealed an interim deal in Geneva on November 24,2013 to pave the way for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute with Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program.
The Geneva deal took effect on January 20 and expired on July 20.
However the two sides agreed to extend their talks for four months till Nov. 24 to reach a permanent deal on Iran`s disputed nuclear program.
At a meeting held on November 24, 2014, the sides agreed to extend the talks for further seven months.
Iran, P5+1 nearly reach nuclear agreement in November talks
12 January 2015
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Iran and P5+1 group of countries had nearly reached an agreement in the 10th round of nuclear talks in Geneva in November 2014.
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