But tough issues still remain. But we also might not.
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He is also scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss improvement of bilateral ties as well as the results of the nuclear negotiations now underway in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russian Federation and China gave themselves at least until Friday to negotiate an agreement, but a source from one of the powers said on Tuesday they had to wrap up in the next 48 hours. But he also said the USA isn’t pressed by time: “We shouldn’t get up and leave simply because the clock strikes midnight”.
“It makes much greater sense to assume that the nuclear agreement’s actual, tangible benefits will immediately prop-up Iran’s hardliners”. Iran wants neighbouring Iraq rid of the violent ISIL and it knows the US-led coalition can not defeat the ISIL by air strikes alone.
“This is clearly one of the final issues they need to close the gap on”, said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington.
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Mike Huckabee (R) has a provocative new ad out Friday attacking the Obama administration and world partners’ potential nuclear deal with Iran. Extending the talks past a July 9 cut-off means the US Congress would have 60 days to review a deal instead of 30 days, potentially delaying the lifting of sanctions.
The email comes roughly a week after Iranian diplomats issued a similar demand during ongoing talks in Vienna between world powers and Iran.
The White House said the talks would not likely drag on for “many more weeks”.
Corker noted that the administration seems more concerned with Congress having less time to review a deal than with getting a good deal. And if there is no deal, the messaging will help to lower expectations. Obama has made it quite clear that he is trying to push this deal for his own personal legacy rather than exclusively from a programmatic and a policy perspective.
“He said the chances he thought were less than 50-50 at this point and that he wouldn’t agree to something he thought was weak or unenforceable”, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.
Salehi told reporters, “Hopefully today is the last day”.
Moreover, hopes are clearly dwindling of any agreement being reached this week in the nuclear negotiations with Iran.
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Speaking at a summit of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – in Ufa, Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United Nations arms embargo should be among the first sanctions lifted if there is a nuclear deal. But Russia’s top diplomat cautioned against “artificial deadlines”.
