Clinton hopeful US can reach ‘strong verifiable deal’ with Iran

US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) is pictured during an Iran nuclear talks meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister in Vienna on July 3, 2015. (AFP photo)

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is hopeful the United States can reach a “strong verifiable deal” with Iran over its nuclear program by Tuesday deadline.

Clinton was speaking at a July 4th campaign event in northern New Hampshire on Saturday, as representatives from Iran and the P5+1 – the US, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany – are engaged in intense negotiations in Vienna to seal the nuclear deal.

The two sides extended their self-imposed end-of-June deadline for a comprehensive agreement to July 7.

On Friday, Clinton said she was hopeful that the P5+1 group of countries would be able to reach a comprehensive agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at an event at a private home on July 4, 2015 in Glen, New Hampshire. (AFP photo)

“I so hope that we are able to get a deal in the next week that puts a lid on Iran’s nuclear weapons program because that’s going to be a singular step in the right direction,” Clinton said, referring to Iran’s non-existent nuke program.

Earlier on Saturday, Iran denied a report claiming that it has reached tentative agreement with the P5+1 group of countries on the removal of the sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic during negotiations in the Austrian capital.

A source close to the Iranian negotiating team said that some sticking points still remained between Iran and its negotiating partners over the issue of sanctions relief.

A report by the Associated Press quoted unidentified diplomats in Vienna as saying that Iran and the P5+1 had reached “tentative agreement” on the thorny issue of sanctions relief.

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