Iran, P5+1 to Resume Nuclear Talks for Final Deal by This Month

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Iran and the P5+1 countries are to continue a new round of talks over Iran's nuclear program in the Austrian city of Vienna this week that aim to strike a nuclear deal by July 20.

The new round of talks starts on Wednesday and will continue until at least July 15.

US Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns, who led secret negotiations between Iran and the US, would open up the possibility of bilateral talks between the two diplomatic rivals as he is expected to attend the meetings.

He has met the Iranians two times recently, first in Geneva for bilateral talks and later in Vienna, where the wider nuclear talks are to be held.

During the latter talks, he broached the possibility of US and Iran's cooperation to stabilize Iraq against an onslaught by militants.

The P5+1 countries- the US, Britain, China, France, Russia- and Germany along with Iran reached an interim pact on November 24 under which Iran won some relief from the economic sanctions in return for reducing some of its nuclear facilities.

Their target is to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement that would lay to rest Western concerns about the Iranian program and comprehensively ease sanctions on Tehran by July 20.

Sources: News Agencies, Edited by website team