Iran Nuclear Talks Extended to Study New Ideas: German Foreign Minister

German Foreign Minister Steinmeier said that the ideas on Iranian nuclear program required a careful study by experts.

MOSCOW, November 24 (Sputnik) — The talks on Iran’s nuclear program will be extended to study new ideas that emerged in the course of the negotiations, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Monday.

“Unfortunately we have not reached as much as we and I wanted. We have made steps, there are new ideas on the table," Steinmeier said, adding that these ideas require a careful study by experts.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, in turn, that the negotiators “need more time to examine” the new proposals.

Earlier on Monday, the IRNA news agency reported that Iran and P5+1 mediators agreed to extend the deadline to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement until July 1, 2015, and to resume negotiations in the next few weeks.

The P5+1 group of international mediators comprising five UN Security Council permanent members — Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China — and Germany, and Tehran officials arrived for talks in Vienna on November 18, hoping to reach a deal guaranteeing a peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program by Monday.

The six world powers want Iran to scale back its uranium enrichment to make sure Tehran will not build an atomic weapon, while Iran insists the program’s purpose is absolutely peaceful.