White House Hopes Iran N-deal Can Be Reached In Geneva

Tehran, Nov 22, IRNA – The United States remains hopeful that an agreement can be reached between western powers and Iran over Tehran s nuclear program during talks in Geneva, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Friday. The Reuters and the AFP that have quoted Carney as saying so have not added any more details. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, both 2nd top nuclear negotiators, met and conferred in Geneva on Friday night. The meeting took place after a western diplomat and member of one of the G5+1 delegations told IRNA that the six world powers have accepted Iran’s right for uranium enrichment and the talks now are focused on Iran’s Arak Reactor. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Geneva as diplomats were struggling to find language acceptable to Iran and its six negotiating partners on Friday night. Lavrov had said on Wednesday that he could meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry this week, but didn't say where. That increased speculation that Kerry could join him in Geneva, along with the foreign ministers of the four other countries negotiating with Iran. The last round of talks between Iran and the six world powers ended Nov. 10 with no deal even after Kerry, Lavrov, the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany and a Chinese deputy foreign minister flew in and attempted to bridge differences./end