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Doubts eclipse optimism

AFP, Ceneva
Negotiations between world powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear ambitions were thrown into uncertainty yesterday after US Secretary of State John Kerry announced his imminent departure and Iran's chief negotiator expressed doubts a deal would be reached.
Amid signs that the talks in Geneva were proving difficult, Kerry's spokesman said the US's top diplomat would leave for London today for meetings with British counterpart William I lague and the Libyan prime minister.
At the same time, Iranian chief negotiator Abbas Araqchi said he doubted that Tehran and the P5+1 world powers - comprising the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany - could reach an accord by the end of the day.
"Intense and difficult negotiations are under way and it is not clear whether we reach an agreement tonight," Fars news agency quoted Araqchi as saying. "The dispute is over the wording."
The talks are aimed at securing a freeze on parts of Iran's nuclear programme in order to ease fears that
Tehran will develop atomic weapons, in return for modest sanctions relief.
The arrival of foreign ministers including Kerry yesterday had raised hopes, after three days of intense negotiations among lower-level officials, that a breakthrough was in sight.
Kerry had decided to join the talks "with the hope that an agreement will be reached," the State Department said on Friday.
Since their arrival however, officials from both sides have indicated that there are still considerable differences to be bridged.
"We have now entered a very difficult stage," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told state television, saying he would not bow to "excessive demands".
"In any agreement, (uranium) enrichment in Iran will not be suspended," Zarif said, adding that "a very difficult task" still lay ahead inclinchingadeal.
Hague was also cautious yesterday morning, saying in Geneva: "They remain very difficult negotiations. I
think it is important to stress that we are not here because things are necessarily finished."
" It's not a done deal," said his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle. "We think there's a realistic chance but there is still a lot of work to do."
Mark Hibbs from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said Kerry's imminent departure might "set a deadline and focus people's minds".
Since being elected in June, Iranian President Hassan Rohani has raised big hopes that after a decade of rising tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme, a solution might be within reach.
The six powers want Iran to stop spinning, for six months initially, some 700 of its some 19,000 thousand centrifuges that are enriching uranium to levels close to weapons-grade.
They also want Tehran to stop constructing a new reactor at Arak and to grant the International Atomic Energy Agency more intrusive inspection rights.
In return they are offering Iran minor and reversible relief from painful sanctions including unlocking several billion dollars in oil revenues and easing some trade restrictions.