Iran Official Hopeful About Deal With EU

Associated Press:

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamel Kharrazi said Tuesday he was hopeful his country could reach a fruitful agreement with European Union countries on Iran's nuclear activities. ...

"(The negotiations) are moving, but the final evaluation will be by mid-March," Kharrazi said after a meeting with Katalin Szili, Hungary's parliament speaker. "We have to wait until then to have exactly our conclusion on how the negotiations have gone."

"We are hopeful that it may lead to very fruitful agreement," Kharrazi said of the negotiations, adding that suspension of uranium enrichment was a just temporary step. ...