USAToday reported Tuesday the sides agreed to extend the deadline for a long-term deal until 7 July. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif was back in Vienna Tuesday with the Head of Iran's atomic agency, and Hossein Fereidoun, special adviser to President Hassan Rouhani. Zarif unexpectedly left for consultations on Sunday after a day in Vienna.
Today, IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano flew to Tehran to discuss the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear activity. Said a senior Western diplomat, "We can imagine that this is a positive sign. The Iranians invited him."
Meanwhile, as the Guardian reported, "one of the lead Iranian negotiators, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, Majid Ravanchi, gave an unusually detailed interview to
Ariane Tabatabai, a Georgetown academic, for the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists, laying out the state of play as Tehran sees it." The interview includes Iran's stand on the inspection of its military facilities and sanctions.
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