Iran's President Hassan Rouhani at the World Economic Forum. Photo: Screenshot.

Business Insider – Iran said world powers should abandon their “illogical demands” over its nuclear program, ahead of talks on Thursday to try to bridge wide differences in positions and end the decade-old dispute by late November.

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, one of Iran’s chief negotiators, was speaking before a meeting in Vienna with senior officials from the three European members of the group of six world powers involved in the negotiations with Tehran.

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