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VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats tell The Associated Press that technical experts from six world powers and Iran have drawn up a draft document on the pace and timing of sanctions relief for the Islamic republic in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.
The document still must be approved by senior officials of the seven nations at the table, including Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The foreign ministers of the five other countries are expected to join Kerry and Zarif in Vienna this weekend for a push to meet a July 7 deadline.
The development indicates the sides are moving closer to a comprehensive accord that would set a decade of restrictions on Tehran's nuclear program.
Officials have described sanctions relief as one of the thorniest disagreements between Iran and the United States.
But details also need to be finalized on tough issues contained in four other appendices to an agreement. They include inspection guidelines, rules governing Iran's research and development of advanced nuclear technology and the nuts and bolts of reducing the size and output of Iran's uranium enrichment program.
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105-c-19-(Bradley Klapper, AP correspondent)-"of an agreement"-AP correspondent Bradley Klapper reports two diplomats tell the Associated Press Iran and six world powers have reached tentative agreement on sanctions relief for Tehran as part of a nuclear deal. (4 Jul 2015)
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106-c-15-(Bradley Klapper, AP correspondent)-"here in Austria"-AP correspondent Bradley Klapper reports senior officials from Iran and the six nations it's negotiating with still have to sign off on the document outlining what sanctions will be lifted and when. (4 Jul 2015)
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107-c-14-(Bradley Klapper, AP correspondent)-"deal is signed"-AP correspondent Bradley Klapper reports sanctions relief has been one of the thorniest disagreements between Iran and the United States. (4 Jul 2015)
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108-c-13-(Bradley Klapper, AP correspondent)-"its nuclear activity"-AP correspondent Bradley Klapper reports an agreement on sanctions relief could help other aspects of a deal on Iran's nuclear program fall into place. (4 Jul 2015)
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