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Iran negotiator says hopes for deal, can't promise one by Tuesday


    VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior Iranian negotiator voiced hope on Monday that a nuclear deal with six major powers would be completed but cautioned that there was work to be done and he could not promise the talks would finish by Tuesday night, Iranian media reported.

    "I cannot promise whether the remaining issues can be resolved tonight or tomorrow night. Some issues still remain unresolved and until they are solved, we cannot say an agreement has been reached," Iran's Tasnim news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi as saying in Vienna.

    Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that Araqchi added, "There is hope."

    (Reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Vienna and reporters in Dubai, writing by Louis Charbonneau)