Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held out the prospect of another round of negotiations with the United States in a few days in the conflict over the country's controversial nuclear programme. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "I assume that we will be able to work out a workable text at our new meeting this Thursday in Geneva and reach an agreement quickly," Araghchi told US broadcaster CBS News. He was confident that a better deal than the 2015 Vienna nuclear agreement was possible. There are elements that could go well beyond the agreement at the time, he said. Among other things, such an agreement could guarantee the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme and at the same time enable sanctions to be lifted, according to the Iranian chief diplomat. The US and Israel have so far demanded that Iran completely abandon its nuclear programme and, in particular, zero uranium enrichment. However, Tehran is only prepared to reduce the current ...
