Rouhani: Iran Wants Nuclear Deal 'In Months'

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani has said he wants to reach an agreement over the country's nuclear programme within three months.

His comments come ahead of his talks later today with US Secretary of State John Kerry - the first high-level contact between Washington and Tehran in six years.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Dr Rouhani said he was keen to set a three or six-month timetable to seal a nuclear deal.

He emphasised that Iran envisioned a process lasting "months, not years", and added that he had the backing to broker a deal from the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

"If we are on the issue of the nuclear file, we need resolution in a reasonable time," he told the newspaper.

"The only way forward is for a timeline to be inserted into the negotiations that's short - and wrap it up. That is a decision of my government, that short is necessary to settle the nuclear file.

Dr Rouhani balked at meeting President Obama in New York

"If it's three months that would be Iran's choice, if it's six months that's still good. It's a question of months, not years."

The United States, other Western powers and Israel suspect Tehran is using its nuclear programme as a cover to develop an atomic bomb - a claim Iran denies.

But there have been signs of improving relations between the US and the Islamic Republic following his election earlier this year.

Dr Rouhani's talks on Iran's nuclear activities with Mr Kerry will also include Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and their counterparts from the UK, China, France, Germany and Russia at the UN headquarters in New York.

The Iranian leader, however, opted against meeting US President Barack Obama at the UN on Tuesday.

In a separate interview, Dr Rouhani said the nuclear issue had "turned into an issue of national pride" for his country.

He told Charlie Rose on US public television that Iranians wanted no more than what is allowed under international law, adding: "Once we abide by that, I think everything else is settled."

Earlier, Dr Rouhani told the UN General Assembly that Iran was willing to make its nuclear programme "transparent" to assure the international community it was not seeking to build a bomb.

"If the West recognises Iran's legal rights then there's really no hurdle in creating full transparency that's necessary to settle this case," he said.

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