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US official: Iran nuke deal to be drafted in May
http://www.adn.com/2014/04/04/3409786/us-official-iran-nuke-deal-to.html?sp=/99/171/US official: Iran nuke deal to be drafted in May
By BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
April 4, 2014 Updated 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — World powers and Iran will start drafting a final nuclear agreement next month, a U.S. official said Friday in a surprisingly optimistic assessment that expressed hope that a comprehensive pact could be reached in July.
Negotiators were to meet again next week in Vienna. The sides were making progress in talks, said the official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name and briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.
The United States and its partners are trying to remove the threat of Iran assembling an atomic arsenal, which could have grave implications for the Middle East and beyond. The Islamic republic says its program is for peaceful power production, but Washington and many other countries aren't convinced and have pressed sanctions against Iran that are designed to produce a guarantee that it cannot develop nuclear weapons.
More than a decade of deadlocked diplomacy ended last year with an interim agreement providing Iran limited easing of international sanctions for strict limits on its uranium enrichment and potential plutonium production — materials that can be used in nuclear warheads.
