Iran Nuclear Deal Sought in Geneva After Israeli Criticism

November 20, 2013

GENEVA – Iran and world powers hold their third round of talks in six weeks toward a nuclear deal that would break a decade-long deadlock in the face of opposition from Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are to meet today in Geneva. They’ll be joined in the negotiations by senior diplomats from China, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. Negotiations are expected to run at least through Nov. 22, according to organizers.

Public comments from Iranian and Western officials suggest a deal is close. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed yesterday in a phone call — the first such direct U.K.-Iranian contact in more than a decade — to “seize the opportunity” in Geneva, according to a statement from Cameron’s office.

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