Historic Iran Nuclear Deal Likely to be Announced Early Tuesday

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Officials negotiating in Vienna's Palais Coburg say nothing is confirmed, but a deal will possibly come in the early hours of the morning. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said an Iran nuclear deal would not be ready to be announced July 13, as China’s Foreign Minister urged the P5+1 and Iran to finalize the accord.

Official says nothing is confirmed, but deal will possibly come in the early hours of the morning. / Picture: © U.S. Embassy Vienna

The so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - want Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that it cannot build a nuclear weapon.

The comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme is a topic of the final phase of the negotiations among Iran and the P5+1 - United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany…