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Russia sees chance to lift Iran sanctions through international talks

Published 08/28/2014, 03:15 AM
Updated 08/28/2014, 03:20 AM
© Reuters Iranian workers stand in front of Bushehr nuclear power plant, 1,200 km south of Tehran

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday the possibility of lifting sanctions on Iran had emerged thanks to international talks on Tehran's nuclear program and urged all countries involved to show political will to reach a deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday to discuss the negotiations with world powers on a decade-old standoff over the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions.

"Despite the difficult course of the negotiating process, a possibility is emerging to satisfy in full all integral rights of Iran as a member state of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, including the right to enrich uranium and lifting the sanctions regime," Russia's foreign ministry said.

"We presume all parties in the talks will show political will to reach a final, mutually acceptable agreement that would allow to fully restore the international community's trust in the exclusively peaceful character of Iran's nuclear program."

The six world powers - the United States, Russia, Germany, China, Britain and France - and Iran failed to meet a July 20 deadline to negotiate a comprehensive agreement under which Iran would curb its nuclear activities in exchange for an easing of sanctions that have crippled its economy.

However, they agreed to extend the talks by four months and the Russian ministry said in its statement it still hoped a deal was possible no later than November.

Earlier this month, Russia and Iran announced a large oil-for-food deal but gave no details of the accord, highlighting problems the two face in overcoming Western sanctions -- Moscow hit by recent economic curbs over Ukraine and Teheran struggling for years under the weight of tight restrictions.

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The Friday talks are also expected to touch on Syria, where Moscow and Tehran have both thrown their weight behind President Bashar al-Assad, and the situation in Afghanistan.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Gabriela Baczynska, Editing by Crispian Balmer)

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