Iran’s lead negotiator at the JCPOA negotiations remarked that “serious and important issues still remained in Vienna talks that need to be resolved. Of course, the number of these issues has decreased, and we have advanced a lot in writing the draft in previous periods. We can move forward further, but the few issues that remain are still key issues that need to be decided”. He further noted that “time is not the criterion for us. Securing the interests of the country is the criterion for us, and until these interests are secured, the negotiations will continue”. The same day, President Rouhani asserted that “our negotiators are negotiating very decisively, firmly and carefully in Vienna, and their progress is remarkable… today everything is ready for an agreement”.