wait with others before the start of a Nuclear Deal meeting with P5 1, European Union and Iranian officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne (Photo : REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool)
The deadline for nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers have been extended beyond Tuesday midnight. The reason for the delay is the hammering out of a proper agreement which will help in curbing Tehran's Nuclear Program.
The six world powers and Iran were closer to a preliminary accord on reining in Tehran's nuclear program, but they hit an impasse over key details such as the lifting of U.N. sanctions and Iran's future atomic research, according to Reuters.
U.S. has stated that key issues are still remaining but has also agreed with Iran and Russia on the point that there is a broad framework of understanding. A number of ministers have left the talks and China has warned that compromise was necessary; otherwise prior efforts will be wasted. The deal would curb the nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief, according to BBC News.
Negotiations between the six superpowers the US, UK, France, China and Russia, Germany -and Iran seeks to ensure Iran is unable to obtain nuclear weapon in less than a year. The Iranians are insisting that they have no ambitions of assembling weapons.
The Foreign Minister of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif stated that quite a lot has been accomplished, but rest is needed so that the talks can be resumed early morning. And he has hopes that the everything will finalized by Wednesday so drafting process can start the June 30 which is the target date.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also stated that an agreement has been reached regarding the key aspects and the outline of the nuclear deal. US Secretary of State John Kerry had planned to leave the talks on Tuesday, but he has stayed back so the talks can reach a final point.
The main obstacles that remain are enrichment of uranium, storing place for the stockpile of enriched uranium and limiting the nuclear research and development of Iran as well as the timing and scope of sanctions which form parts of the issues.
Tehran stated that they are willing to address concerns regarding enriched uranium. They have denied any involvement in shipping it out of the country. Meanwhile, Israel, which is a major adversary of Iran stated that the deal is one of their worst fears.
Israel and the US are still insisting Tehran seeks to build a nuclear bomb, but Tehran has denied saying that the nuclear programme is intended for power generation.
