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Breakthrough still eludes Iranian nuclear talks

The P5+1 talks with Iran will resume on Nov. 18 in Vienna ahead of the Nov. 24 deadline.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), EU envoy Catherine Ashton (C) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet in Muscat November 10, 2014. Iran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehran's nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said. REUTERS/Nicholas Kamm/Pool (OMAN - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR4DL5G

Three days of talks between Iran and world powers in Oman do not appear to have produced a breakthrough in negotiations to reach a final Iran nuclear accord, but diplomats continued to hold out the possibility that some sort of agreement might still be reached by Nov. 24.

“We are not yet in a position to claim progress in the negotiations, [but] we are still hopeful to reach an agreement by Nov. 24, at least in principle,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian media in Oman on Nov. 10.

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