Putin phones Rouhani, offers unilateral removal of anti-Iran sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Monday proposed to lift the anti-Iran sanctions in a unilateral and gradual process.
During the phone conversation, the Russian president proposed removal of sanctions imposed against Iran in a gradual and unilateral manner, and said that he would try to convince China to follow suit, the Arabic-language Al-Mayadeen news channel reported.
President Putin, meantime, assured his Iranian counterpart that Moscow will not allow the nuclear negotiations to continue for a long time and will not also allow removal of the sanctions imposed against Iran to be delayed any longer.
Earlier today, a source participating in the nuclear talks said that Iran and the six world powers (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) have adopted a final decision to extend the negotiations process for several months.
“Yes, the decision has been made,” the source said.
Other sources said the talks have been extended until July 10, and the world powers have taken up to release $700 million of Iran's frozen assets on a monthly basis.
The 10th and last round of negotiations between Iran and the six world powers was held in Vienna in a bid to reach a final deal.
In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend the negotiations until November 24 after they failed to reach an agreement on a number of key issues.