Baku, Azerbaijan, July 14
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
After several days of intensive talks Iran and the six world powers have reached the final step to hammer out a final deal on Iran's nuclear program.
The talks will be finalized by announcing a joint statement on the final nuclear agreement on July 14 noon in the venue of the United Nations Information Center in Vienna, Austria, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
The statement will be read by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry as well as foreign ministers of France, Germany, the UK, Russia and China will also be present when the deal is announced.
The 100-page final accord reportedly includes five technical annexes.
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to address the nation on state television to announce successful outcome of nuclear talks.
Some 800 reporters from different world countries are covering the historic event in Vienna.
July 13 was the most recent deadline Iran and the group P5+1(five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) had given themselves to iron out the remaining differences and nail down a landmark deal.
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