Nations set date for next Iran talks
VIENNA – Iran and six world powers on Thursday ended nuclear talks with agreement on a framework for future negotiations but little progress on the main issue of what nuclear concessions Tehran must make in exchange for an end to sanctions stifling its economy.
In a joint statement at the end of three-day talks, officials for both sides said they would meet again in Vienna on March 17, continuing a process likely to take at least six months.
The U.N. nuclear agency confirmed that Tehran is abiding to its commitments under the first-step pact that led to this week’s negotiations.
The announcement that a framework had been agreed on appeared aimed in part to encourage skeptics inside and outside Iran that the negotiations had a chance to succeed.
Associated Press
