Iran, world powers to resume N-talks today

Iran and the world powers will begin new negotiations to finalise an accord on the country’s nuclear issue in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Wednesday.

Iranian deputy foreign minister and senior negotiator Abbas Araqchi will meet EU political director Helga 

Schmid on Wednesday to resume drafting of the text of the deal before the end-of-June deadline, Tasnim news agency said. “We are after a good agreement, but we will not give in to excessive demands by the opposite side under any circumstance,” another Iranian nuclear negotiator, Majid Takht-e-<g data-gr-id="12">Ravanchi</g>, was quoted as saying on Monday. 

Also on Monday, Hamid Baeidinejad, a member of the Iranian negotiating team, said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not be allowed to inspect Iran’s military sites. Iran’s military facilities have nothing to do with the nuclear issue and need not be inspected by the UN nuclear agency, Baeidinejad said.