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Iran says nuclear deal within closest reach yet

The statements reflected fresh hope by Iran after Russia said its separate demands were being met by the United States.
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"We have inched to an agreement closer than ever," Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told his British counterpart Liz Truss in a phone conversation on the status of the talks over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.

Amir-Abdollahian maintained that Iran is ready to sign a final deal if its "red lines" are minded. "What determines a good and lasting deal is America's realistic behavior by not presenting new and unfitting demands."

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