Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that a nuclear deal would only happen if world powers refrained from making "excessive demands".

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that a nuclear deal would only happen if world powers refrained from making "excessive demands".

“We have entered the final phase of the negotiations,” said the top Iranian diplomat, adding that Tehran and the world powers could reach a final nuclear agreement “if the opposite side has the political will to reach a solution” to Iran’s nuclear issue.

Zarif expressed hoped that the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the six powers would lead to a result that guarantees the country’s peaceful nuclear rights.

“Whatever the outcome, either an agreement or resistance against excessive demands, we hope that November 24 will become a national victory in achieving the objectives we were pursuing in theses negotiation,” he added.

The top Iranian diplomat voiced optimism that any permanent nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers would both respect the Iranian nation’s rights and allay “legitimate” concerns of the international community.

Zarif made the comments upon in his arrival in the Austrian capital, Vienna, which is slated to host one week of intense negotiations between Tehran and the six countries – Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany from November 18 to 24.