MOSCOW, November 24 (Sputnik) — Iran and P5+1 mediators agreed Monday to extend the deadline to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement until July 1 next year and to resume negotiations in the next few weeks, the IRNA news agency reported.
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 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.
