Iran has the "political will" to seek a comprehensive agreement with world powers over its nuclear drive, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said as talks are to resume Tuesday

Iran has the "political will" to seek a comprehensive agreement with world powers over its nuclear drive, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said as talks are to resume Tuesday.
  
"We believe we can reach an agreement and we have come here with the political will to reach a final agreement," Zarif said late Monday after meeting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna.
  
"If all sides enter the talks with the political will to resolve the issue, we will be able to reach positive results but it will take time," he added in statements carried by state news agency IRNA.
  
Three days of talks open Tuesday in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 group of nations -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany.

"Our objective is to provide the guarantee in the negotiations that Iran's nuclear program will remain peaceful," Zarif said after a working dinner with Ashton who represents the P5+1.
  
His remarks came a day after supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said the nuclear talks with world powers would "lead nowhere" but that he did not oppose them. "I repeat it again that I am not optimistic about the negotiations and they will lead nowhere, but I am not against them," said Khamenei, who has final say on all key state matters.