Iran's negotiating partners have to make a choice between agreement with Tehran or coercion against it, Chief Negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif has said here.
In a video message released on Friday, the Iranian foreign minister referred to the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 and said the two sides "have never been closer to a lasting outcome", Press TV reported.
"But," he said, "there is no guarantee".
"Getting to yes requires the courage to compromise, the self-confidence to be flexible, the maturity to be reasonable, the wisdom to set aside illusions and the audacity to break old habits," Zarif said.
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