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Iran says that the preservation of a nuclear accord depends on the scheduled end in October of a UN arms embargo as the United States seeks to extend it. "The timetable for the removal of arms restrictions embodied in Resolution 2231 is an inseparable part of the hard-won compromise," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells a Security Council session. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the United Nations on Wednesday for a first meeting with partners backing the Iran nuclear deal. IMAGES
The EU's foreign policy chief says he is hopeful the Iran nuclear deal could be revived after receiving "reasonable" responses to his proposed text from Iran and the United States. "I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal" says Josep Borrell, at an informal meeing of EU foreign ministers in Prague. SOUNDBITE
The EU says "everybody is studying the response and this is not the time, for the moment, to speculate on timing", as it mulls Iran's reponse to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that it is now up to Iran to make hard decisions in order to restore the 2015 deal on limiting its nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. After nearly a year of negotiations, "the onus is on Tehran to make decisions that it might consider difficult," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States and Iran are near to reaching an agreement over reviving the 2015 deal on limiting Tehran's nuclear weapons program, the State Department says. "We are close to a possible deal, but we're not there yet," said State Department spokesman Ned Price. "We do think the remaining issues can be bridged." SOUNDBITE
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