Breakthrough still eludes Iranian nuclear talks
The P5+1 talks with Iran will resume on Nov. 18 in Vienna ahead of the Nov. 24 deadline.
Three days of talks between Iran and world powers in Oman do not appear to have produced a breakthrough in negotiations to reach a final Iran nuclear accord, but diplomats continued to hold out the possibility that some sort of agreement might still be reached by Nov. 24.
“We are not yet in a position to claim progress in the negotiations, [but] we are still hopeful to reach an agreement by Nov. 24, at least in principle,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian media in Oman on Nov. 10.
“We may get there and we may not,” a senior US administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told journalists traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry from Oman to Beijing. “I don’t think that anybody has said at any point recently that we are, quote/unquote, ‘on track’ to reach an agreement by the 24th.”
“There is time between now and the 24th to get this done,” a second US administration official said. “The technical work, the expert work, the political decisions — there is time.”
