Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that it is time for P5+1 to make tough decisions and to lift all sanctions against Iran.


LAUSANNE (Sputnik)�� No deal on�the Iranian nuclear program has been struck yet but�many issues have been resolved, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Sunday.

"There is no deal yet, but�we have found solutions to�many issues," Araqchi said in�an interview with�Iranian television.

Iran demands that all sanctions and UN resolutions imposing crippling restrictions against�Tehran be scrapped as�part of�its nuclear deal with�major world powers, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said.

"It is time for�P5+1 to�make tough decisions and to�lift all sanctions," Araqchi told journalists at�the ongoing talks in�Lausanne, Switzerland.
Over the past�decades, the UN Security Council, the United States, the European Union and a number of�other countries imposed sanctions on�Iran in�a bid to�curtail its nuclear ambition as�they suspected Iran of�trying to�build an atomic bomb under�the guise of�a peaceful energy program.
"There is no deal yet, but�we have found solutions to�many issues," Araqchi said, adding that the two unresolved issues concerned Iran's nuclear activities and sanctions against�Tehran.

A new round�of talks between�Iran and six major world powers � Britain, France, China, Russia, the United States and Germany � are convening at�Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in�the Swiss resort city of�Lausanne.

The negotiators are working towards�the interim deadline that expires by�Tuesday night when they are expected to�hammer out�a provisional framework deal, to�be followed by�a final agreement in�summer.

By Sputnik News