Monday, November 24, 2014

West and Iran to make 'last push' for deal

World powers and Iran will make a "last push" for a nuclear deal before a Monday midnight deadline even though the parties are far apart, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

"At the moment we're focused on the last push, a big push tomorrow morning to try and get this across the line," Hammond told reporters on Sunday in Vienna when asked if an extension of the deadline was being considered.
"Of course if we're not able to do it, we'll then look at where we go from there," he said.
A senior US official acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that Iran and world powers were now discussing a possible extension of their deadline for a deal amid wide gaps in the talks. The West wants Iran to scale back its nuclear ambitions in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.
Hammond said the parties would still try to bridge the gaps even though it was not clear whether they could be.
"We're all focused on trying to get to a deal but I wouldn't want to give any false hopes here. We're still quite a long way apart and there are some very tough and complex issues to deal with but we're all focused right now on trying to get that deal done," he said.
Hammond said he was consulting on Sunday evening with his counterparts from Germany and France on how to "manage the meetings" on Monday with the Iranian negotiators.
Britain, the US, Russia, China, France and Germany have been locked in talks with Iran for months to turn an interim deal that expires on Monday into a lasting accord.

Pro-nuclear rally
Such an agreement, after a 12-year-standoff, is aimed at easing fears that Iran will develop nuclear weapons under the guise of its civilian activities, an ambition it strongly denies.
US Secretary of State John Kerry had earlier said in Vienna that "serious gaps" remained between them and Iranians.
"We're working hard," he said.
Meanwhile, pro-nuclear students took to the streets in the Iranian capital to demand their government not to cave in to Western pressure.
Around 300 students chanting "death to America and Israel" gathered near Tehran's nuclear reactor.
Iranian officials have refused to reduce the volume of uranium they are capable of enriching, a stand Western officials say is unacceptable as this would potentially allow Iran to amass enough fissile material for an atomic bomb in little time.
A second sticking point is the pace and sequencing of sanctions relief. Iran wants them terminated swiftly, not suspended and gradually scrapped, depending on the degree of Iranian compliance with the deal terms, as the West wants.
 [aljazeera.com]
24/11/14
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  1. Nucléaire iranien: dernières heures d'une négociation acharnée ....

    Les grandes puissances et l'Iran se retrouvent lundi pour les dernières heures d'une négociation acharnée sur le dossier nucléaire iranien, qui à défaut d'accord historique risque de déboucher sur une nouvelle prolongation.

    Six jours de tractations ininterrompues n'ont pas permis de réduire les écarts de position sur l'enrichissement d'uranium et les sanctions, les deux clés d'un accord qui mettrait fin à douze ans de controverse entre l'Iran et les grandes puissances.

    Le délai pour négocier court jusqu'à lundi minuit, et chaque partie promet de l'utiliser au mieux, sans renoncer à l'espoir d'un règlement politique. "Nous nous concentrons sur un dernier effort, un grand effort (lundi) matin", a assuré Philip Hammond, le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères: "Bien sûr, si nous n'y parvenons pas, nous regarderons comment avancer ensuite."............http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nucleaire-iranien-dernieres-heures-d-une-negociation-acharnee?id=8443771
    24/11/14

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  2. Iran and six world powers will "eventually reach" a pact to resolve a 12-year stand-off over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, even if talks may have to be postponed over many complex issues, China's foreign minister said on Monday...

    Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States began the final round of talks with Iran on Tuesday to clinch a pact by which Tehran would curb its nuclear work in exchange for a lifting of economically crippling sanctions.

    The countries looked set to miss Monday's deadline for resolving the stand-off and are already looking at a possible extension of the negotiations.
    http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/China-says-Iran-world-powers-will-eventually-reach-nuclear-deal-382670
    24/11/14

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