Iran must give up ambitions to be regional power if it wants a deal with the US

The only opponent to the power of Saudi’s in the region, the US is asking Iran to give up it’s rights to trade ‘key assets’, as part of the US-Iran nuclear deal.

John Kerri has been in Vienna for 6 days.

He said he’d going to stay ‘as long as it takes’.

This may be a long holiday…


 

Iran nuclear talks in Vienna
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and other top diplomats meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (second right) and Iran’s ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Akbar Salehi (right) at the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria(REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)

Serious differences have emerged in talks between Iran and the world powers as yet another deadline looms in negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.

A final deal was supposed to have been reached by 30 June, but this was extended to 7 July – and even this deadline looks likely to slip. ]
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