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Iran final nuclear deal possible even before deadline â€“ deputy FM

12 May 2015 12:22 (UTC +04:00)

There are still many gaps and disagreements between the two sides, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi told Press TV upon arrival in the Austrian capital city of Vienna on Tuesday for the continuation of talks with world powers.

The negotiators are trying to reach “a single agreed text," Araqchi said, adding, “We think that we can do that even before the deadline.”

Iran and the P5+1 group of countries - the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany - are set to start a new round of talks in Vienna on Tuesday at deputy and expert levels in order to narrow gaps on the outstanding issues.

In response to a question about the previous round of negotiations in New York, Araqchi said, “What we achieved in New York was the first draft of the whole package.”

"Now, we have a written text, although we still have lots of brackets, which represent the differences we have,” he added.