0655 GMT: Economy Watch. Radio Zamaneh posts a report on Sistan and Baluchistan Province in southeast Iran. It claims that while the official unemployment rate is 1.6%, experts say the real figure is about 60%, with Baluchi youths forced to emigrate to the UAE for jobs.
0645 GMT: In one of the most upbeat comments in Iran after Saturday's nuclear talks between Tehran and the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany), Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said in a televised interview that the two sides "have reached a common understanding".
Salehi called for the US and the European countries to recognise that while Iran will continue its enrichment of uranium, this is for peaceful activities: “We are trying to close this false dossier [alleging Tehran's militarisation of the programme], which has been fabricated for the Islamic Republic of Iran. This would benefit both Iran and the West."
We await tangible details of a possible deal to back up Salehi's remarks. Saturday's discussion in Istanbul only established an intent to negotiate, with further talks in Baghdad on 23 May. And our assessment --- posted in Sunday's analysis and in our Live Coverage --- is that Iran will insist on an easing of sanctions before any commitment to limit its enrichment or even send its uranium stock outside the country. Statements by other Iranian officials and media indicated that, to achieve this, they would separate the Europeans, praising their intent for a resolution, from the US.
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