Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Sunday that talks with world powers this week, were unlikely to result in a comprehensive accord on Iran’s controversial nuclear drive.
“This round of talks will be more serious than previous ones,” Zarif said in his remarks reported by the state-owned IRNA news agency.
“But we do not expect an agreement (in this round), as it is not expected in the timetable we have agreed,” he added.
Iranian negotiators and representatives of the so-called P5+1 group of world powers resume talks in Vienna on Tuesday for the second time since November, seeking to transform an interim deal into a long-lasting agreement by July 20.
