"An interim agreement would involve offering Iran limited, proportionate sanctions relief," Hague told the British parliament on Monday, reiterating that a "deal is on the table ... and can be reached".
According to Reuters, Britain wanted an interim agreement with Iran as a first step towards a full deal on Tehran's nuclear program, he added, in an update to lawmakers. Despite reports to the contrary, he claimed world powers had a united stance in talks with Iran at the weekend and that no one country had vetoed a deal.
Washington and some of its allies used the false allegation as a pretext to push the UN Security Council to impose four rounds of sanctions on the Islamic Republic between 2006 and 2010.
Tehran has categorically rejected the accusation, arguing that as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it is entitled to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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