Ryabkov: agreement on Iran's nuclear program moving forward

The work on the text of the final agreement on Iran's nuclear program is moving forward, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

"There is no need for a meeting of the political directors right now. I think that in fact the meeting will be next week. Stable progress continues in clearing the text and compared with last week, even over the past couple of days, there is some headway, this is positive," RIA Novosti cited him as saying.

At the same time, he acknowledged that "the discussion of the sanctions issue is rather difficult. There is no due level of mutual understanding on the so-called former military dimensions of the Iranian nuclear program," Ryabkov said.