Russian official: confident deal will be reached between Iran and P5+1 by June 30 deadline
According to a Reuters report, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted Monday as saying he was confident a deal could be reached between world powers and Iran on Tehran's nuclear programme, by a June 30 deadline.
"I would like to quash any talk of a deadline extension. Reaching a deal by the date set, by June 30, is possible," he said to the Russian TASS news agency, which had quoted a diplomatic source on Friday as saying a deadline extension might be needed.
