Russia says nuclear deal still possible with Iran

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov today said a deal with Iran on its uranium enrichment programme was still possible before next week’s meeting of the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

“There always is an opportunity to reach an agreement,” the Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov as saying in response to a question about whether it was still possible to negotiate an agreement with Iran preventing its referral to the UN Security Council at Monday’s meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.