Reuters reports (Hafezi, Charbonneau, Irish, Mohammed) "U.N. inspectors would have access to all suspect Iranian sites, including military ones, under a draft nuclear deal that six major powers and Iran are working to finalize on Tuesday, a diplomatic source said." Al Jazeera (unattributed) also provided an update, though it offered no assertion of imminently closing the deal.
Reuters continued:
The person, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said the U.N. access would be based on consultations between
the six powers and Iran under the draft deal, which would impose limits on the Iranian nuclear program in return for economic sanctions relief.
The foreign ministers of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia
and the United States met for about an hour just after midnight as they
struggled to complete the agreement, which has been under negotiation
for more than 20 months.
An agreement, if one can be reached, could mark a watershed in Tehran's relations with Western nations, which suspect that Iran has used its civil nuclear program as a cover to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Iran denies this.
A comprehensive meeting between Iran and the powers will be held at 0800 GMT on Tuesday (4 am EDT), the semi-official Fars news agency reports. Iran's Foreign Minister . . . and E.U.'s Foreign Policy Chief . . . are expected to read a joint statement.
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