'Fifty-fifty chance of reaching a nuclear deal with Iran' as deadline for a deal looms
- 9 years ago
Six world powers and Iran are still struggling to reach a preliminary nuclear deal with only hours to go before a self-imposed deadline.
Gloom set in on Monday when Iran appeared to back track on agreeing to dispose of its uranium stockpile by sending it to Russia. That issue now looks like having to be resolved at a later date.
Ministers don’t want it to derail what progress has already made.
Iran analyst Ali Vaez from ‘International Crisis Group’ spoke to euronews:
“The mere fact of an agreement is in itself a big success for the diplomacy – to solve complex issues some of which have been debated for the last 18 months or even 12 years, is a great step forward, but it’s not the end of the road. The (potential) agreement will be vulnerable and for the months to come it will come under pressure from all sides. To write a final and definitive agreement, with all the necessary technical and political details, it will be difficult.”
For days now the six world powers have been
Gloom set in on Monday when Iran appeared to back track on agreeing to dispose of its uranium stockpile by sending it to Russia. That issue now looks like having to be resolved at a later date.
Ministers don’t want it to derail what progress has already made.
Iran analyst Ali Vaez from ‘International Crisis Group’ spoke to euronews:
“The mere fact of an agreement is in itself a big success for the diplomacy – to solve complex issues some of which have been debated for the last 18 months or even 12 years, is a great step forward, but it’s not the end of the road. The (potential) agreement will be vulnerable and for the months to come it will come under pressure from all sides. To write a final and definitive agreement, with all the necessary technical and political details, it will be difficult.”
For days now the six world powers have been