As the day’s countdown to the June 30 deadline for working out final details of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the 6 world power gets near, the internal war in Iran between the two sides boils further high. Dozens demonstrated in Tehran against what they called a bad deal or a deal at any cost calling on the regime to pull out of the negotiations.
On the other side, one US official warned Wednesday that the final stretch of these negotiations on curtailing Iran’s nuclear ambitions will be “pretty tough,” according to the AFP June10.
The long-sought deal would roll back Iran’s nuclear program in return for relief from punishing sanctions.
“As we expected after Lausanne (where a framework deal was struck on April 2), the next portion of this process will be pretty tough because we will be getting down to the details,” the US official told reporters.
“You are all well familiar with the roller coaster ride of these negotiations and we all expected that this will get more difficult.”
Negotiators have until the end of the month to reach a comprehensive agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program, which Western nations fear is aimed at acquiring if not a bomb, then the capability to build one.
Recent talks in Geneva failed to bridge differences between Washington and Tehran, especially over the crucial issue of inspections of military sites.
Other sticking points remain, including the possible military dimensions of the Iranian nuclear program and the demands by the world powers for UN inspections of Iranian military bases.