DHAKA: Iran said on Wednesday nuclear talks with six world powers would resume in early September, according to state television, after both sides agreed to continue talking for four more months to try to reach a final agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program.

The preliminary accord had been due to expire on Sunday but was extended with some adjustments, after the two sides failed during negotiations in Vienna to meet a self-imposed July 20 deadline for a long-term deal to end the decade-old nuclear standoff.

‘The extension of talks shows this is a positive atmosphere,’ Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said during a weekly press conference, reports The Jerusalem Post.

She said the biggest difference between both was in enrichment capacity.

BDST: 1728 HRS, JUL 23, 2014