Reuters: Major power talks on Iran’s nuclear program are heading toward an accord on a “carrots and sticks” package to be offered to Tehran, an EU diplomat said on Thursday. 
VIENNA (Reuters) – Major power talks on Iran’s nuclear program are heading toward an accord on a “carrots and sticks” package to be offered to Tehran, an EU diplomat said on Thursday.
The West fears the program is designed to make an atomic bomb, while Iran says it is solely for power generation.
“The atmosphere in the session is very good and positive and we are moving in the direction of an agreement,” the diplomat, who requested anonymity but is familiar with the talks in Vienna, told Reuters.
The diplomat assessed as a positive sign a decision by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to bring forward a statement to the media by two hours to 1800 GMT.
Foreign ministers of the five permanent U.N. Security Council powers plus Germany and the EU foreign policy chief were discussing a package drafted by the so-called “EU3” — France, Germany and Britain.
Diplomats said the incentives were expected to encompass a light-water nuclear reactor and an assured foreign supply of atomic fuel so Iran would not need to enrich uranium itself.
