Iran nuclear deal framework agreed

Six world powers and Iran made a "good start" during talks in Vienna towards reaching a final settlement on Tehran's contested nuclear program, the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday. Speaking to reporters after three days of negotiations, Ashton said the two sides had identified the ingredients of an accord that could put an end to years of hostility between the West and the oil producing nation. Senior diplomats from the six powers - the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - as well as Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Ashton agreed to meet again on March 17, also in the Austrian capital , according to Reuters.