"Iran, world powers off to 'good start' in nuclear talks" is an article published today by the Los Angeles Times.
The newspaper cites both parties claiming that the talks had a "good start". "'We had three fruitful and extensive working days and both sides have the feeling that it was a good start for the difficult task we have ahead,' Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters in Vienna, reported Tehran's official Press TV. Similar upbeat comments came from Catherine Ashton, the European Community’s foreign policy chief. 'There is a lot to do,' Ashton told reporters in Vienna. 'It won’t be easy but we have made a good start,'" the article reads.
"Officials from both sides said they had agreed on a framework for upcoming negotiations, a modest achievement but still regarded as a step forward. Most observers expect the talks to last for months," the article reads.
Another article on the topic was published by the Wall Street Journal. The article is headlined "Iran Agrees on Agenda for Nuclear Talks."
"American and Iranian officials both said Thursday that no new text had been drafted and signed to guide the negotiations over the next four months. This raised the potential of ongoing disagreements between the West and Tehran over the parameters of the talks... A Western official involved in the talks said the P5+1 specifically raised with Iran the need to include the missile issue in the coming talks this week, but the Iranian side disagreed," the article reads.
"The State Department's No. 3 diplomat, Wendy Sherman, will lead the American delegation to the coming talks, U.S. officials said. They said it was possible Secretary of State John Kerry could attend some of the coming meetings to try and push the diplomatic process further. Ms. Sherman is traveling to Israel and Saudi Arabia starting Thursday night, according to the State Department, to discuss the diplomatic developments. Both American allies have expressed concerns that the negotiating process isn't going far enough in preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons."
