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White House hopeful for Iran agreement in Geneva -spokesman

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22-11-2013 | 13:49

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White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Friday 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.

Two top diplomats are back at the negotiating table in Geneva, trying to hammer out terms that would start curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief for the Islamic republic.

The nuclear talks being held formally group six world powers with Iran. But the seven nations have convened only once since the current round of talks started Wednesday.

Instead, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and top EU diplomat Catherine Ashton have met instead to try to find common language on a first-step deal. The two resumed their talks Friday.

Among the apparent sticking points are Iran's uranium enrichment program which can produce both reactor fuel and the fissile core of nuclear warheads and relief for Iran's oil and banking sectors.

Iran denies wanting nuclear weapons.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is en route to Geneva for the meetings between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, a Russian diplomatic source said.

Lavrov also plans to meet the UN special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, the source said. Russian and US diplomats are to meet in Geneva on Monday to discuss preparations for an international peace conference on Syria, first proposed in May.

Meanwhile, Western diplomats said that US Secretary of State John Kerry is tentatively planning to join the nuclear talks in Switzerland though he has not confirmed his plans and could still pull out.

AP/REUTERS

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