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Iran and the six world powers on Thursday announced that they have agreed on a plan meant to produce a comprehensive deal that reduces concerns about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
”We’ve identified the issues we need to address for a comprehensive and final agreement,” said Catherine Ashton, the EU’s top diplomat who convened the talks between Iran and the six powers the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.
”It won’t be easy, but we’ve gotten off to a good start,” she said in a statement later read in Farsi by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
“After two days of intensive talks, Iran and world powers reached an agreement on the framework and plan of action for the comprehensive nuclear talks,” Iranian negotiator Abbas Araqchi was quoted as saying by IRNA.