He explained that when the drafting of the text of the final agreement concludes, then a date will be fixed for it to become operational.
On the same day, he stressed, all economic and political sanctions against Iran have to be lifted.
The senior diplomat described as “slow but steady” the process of drafting the text of the final agreement and hoped it would be finished in due time.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Araqchi who was talking to the Iranian television, said there are still points of argument remaining over the language and literature of the agreement.