{"id":13017,"date":"2014-03-09T06:46:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T06:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/iran-tells-eu-s-ashton-nuclear-deal-possible-in\/"},"modified":"2014-03-09T06:47:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T06:47:18","slug":"iran-tells-eu-s-ashton-nuclear-deal-possible-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/iran-tells-eu-s-ashton-nuclear-deal-possible-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran tells EU’s Ashton Nuclear Deal Possible in Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Iranian foreign minister has told the visiting EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, that a nuclear deal could come in the next four months.}}<\/p>\n

Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks lasting more than an hour with Baroness Ashton, who is making her first visit to Tehran amid a thaw in relations.<\/p>\n

“We can do it in four or five months and even shorter,” Mr Zarif said.<\/p>\n

Baroness Ashton cautioned there was “no guarantee” her talks would lead to a comprehensive agreement.<\/p>\n

World powers want Iran to scale back its nuclear work to ensure it cannot assemble a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

The election of Iranian moderate Hassan Rouhani as president last year led to an improvement in ties between the Islamic Republic and the EU.<\/p>\n

In November, Baroness Ashton helped broker a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme in return for limited sanctions relief.<\/p>\n

Analysts say the war in Syria is also expected to be discussed, as Iran is a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n

It is the first visit to Iran by an EU policy chief since 2008.<\/p>\n

{{‘No guarantee’}}<\/p>\n

“This interim agreement is really important but not as important as a comprehensive agreement [which is]… difficult, challenging,” Baroness Ashton said at a joint news conference with Mr Zarif.<\/p>\n

“There is no guarantee that we will succeed.”<\/p>\n

There was, she added, a need for support from all sides.<\/p>\n

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