EU, Iran reach agreement on implementing nuclear deal
After two days of talks between the six world powers and Iran, diplomats from the EU and the Islamic republic said that they have reached an agreement on the implementation of the interim nuclear accord.
Diplomats from Iran and the European Union said Friday that they were able to reach agreement on implementing the Iran nuclear accord. Pending review by capitals of six world powers, an announcement on a start date for the accord to go into force could come as soon as the weekend.
Negotiators "made very good progress on all the pertinent issues,” Michael Mann, a spokesman for the EU, said Friday. “This is now under validation at political level in capitals.”
The announcement came after two days of talks in Geneva between European Union deputy foreign policy chief Helga Schmid and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Lead US negotiator, Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, accompanied by her non-proliferation advisor James Timbie and Treasury Department’s Adam Szubin, also held bilateral meetings in Geneva Thursday with Araghchi's team as well as met with Schmid, the State Department said.
“A final decision is to be made in capitals and a result to be announced within the next two days, ” Araghchi told Iranian media Friday.
