PARIS: Iran wants all Western sanctions to be lifted before striking a deal on its contested nuclear program by a November deadline, a top official said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

The announcement came amid intensifying efforts to conclude a definitive pact. The six powers in the talks with Iran—Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany, known as the P5+1 —have set November 24 as the deadline.

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