(17 Jun 2014) A fifth round of talks between Tehran and world powers resumed on Tuesday, with the aim of finalising an agreement curbing Iran's nuclear programme.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton were both in attendance for the meeting in Vienna.
Many Iranians would like the West to completely remove sanctions on their country, a step which they believe would lift a badly hit economy.
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany reached an interim deal in November in Geneva that limited Iran's uranium enrichment programme in exchange for the easing of some sanctions.
The agreement was intended to buy time for the negotiation of a comprehensive deal to resolve the decade-long impasse.
The last round of negotiations broke up last month, dashing hopes of a final nuclear deal before the 20th of July deadline.
Western nations and Israel have long suspected Iran of secretly pursuing a nuclear weapon capability alongside its civilian programme.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.

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