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Rouhani: Iran will only agree to nuclear deal if sanctions lifted

Iran will only agree to a final nuclear accord with six major powers if all sanctions imposed on the country over its disputed nuclear work are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani has said in a televised speech.

"We will not sign any deal unless all sanctions are lifted on the same day... We want a win-win deal for all parties involved in the nuclear talks," Rouhani said.

The Iranian President had previously said his country would honour the preliminary agreement that was reached on a framework for a deal on Iran's nuclear programme.

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Hammond: We have 'red lines' within Iran nuclear deal

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said that Iran and the six world powers involved in the nuclear talks have established "red lines" within which a deal has been brokered.

Of course there will be people who will try to disrupt this process. Of course there will be naysayers out there, who even before they see the detail will be saying this deal is not good enough.

We know where our red lines are. We have stuck rigidly to our red lines and we've worked out with our Iranian colleagues how we can deliver within the red lines that they have and the red lines that we have.

– Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

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