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 The talks between expert teams from Iran and six world powers are
meant to translate the political deal into a detailed implementation
plan by the end of January, Iran's state news agency, IRNA, quoted
an unnamed source as saying.
A key sticking point appears to be how much advance information
Western governments will get so they can verify that Iran is meeting
its end of the deal before they lift any sanctions.
The third round of talks between technical experts from the
permanent U.N. Security Council members — Britain, China, France,
Russia and the United States — plus Germany, are set to last a day
and resume in 2014, IRNA reported, a sign of the complexities facing
the negotiators in reaching agreement on practical steps.
They began work on December 9 but Iran broke off the talks in
protest at the U.S. blacklisting an additional 19 Iranian companies
and individuals under existing sanctions.
Iranian officials said the move violated the spirit of the deal but
U.S. officials said it did not breach the agreement.
Iran rejects Western fears that its nuclear work has any military
intentions and says it needs nuclear power for electricity
generation and medical research.
(Reporting by Marcus George; editing by Jon Boyle)
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