Iran nuclear talks to resume next week

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From left, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini arrive to deliver a statement, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, or Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, April 2, 2015, after Iran nuclear program talks finished with extended sessions. The United States, Iran and five other world powers on Thursday announced an understanding outlining limits on Iran’s nuclear program so it cannot lead to atomic weapons, directing negotiators toward achieving a comprehensive agreement within three months. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

BRUSSELS — Major world powers and Iran will resume talks next week on Tehran’s nuclear program, aiming to come up with a comprehensive deal by the end of June.

The European Union said in a statement Thursday that senior negotiator Helga Schmid will meet with Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on April 22 in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

Technical experts from the five world nuclear powers plus Germany and Iran will also meet during the two days of talks.

The sides reached a framework agreement earlier this month on ensuring that Tehran’s nuclear program has no military applications.

A deal is supposed to be finalized by June 30 that would curb Iran’s program in return for lifting crippling Western economic sanctions.

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