Iran, US resume bilateral nuclear negotiations

Bilateral Iran-US nuclear negotiations featuring the two countries' deputy foreign ministers resumed in Geneva on Friday, IRNA reported.
The Iranian nuclear negotiation team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi arrived in Geneva Friday morning to pursue talks with the US delegation on ways for achieving a comprehensive final agreement on Iran's peaceful nuclear program with the western Sextet pre-scheduled deadline.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and American Affairs Majid Takhte-Ravanchi is another member of the Iranian negotiation team in these talks.
The two countries' two-day talks at deputy ministers' level will lead to the Sunday and Monday talks of Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry's legal and international affairs deputy Araqchi will after these negotiations head for Vienna on Tuesday to talk with the Managing Director of the UN nuclear watchdog Yukiya Amano aimed at accelerating the Iran-IAEA cooperation.