At a meeting at the Munich Security Conference Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said there is an “opportunity for a deal” with world powers over Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.<br /><br /> The US and its five negotiating partners want to set long-term restrictions on Iran’s enrichment of uranium.<br /><br /> Iran demands the right to a nuclear energy programme while the West fears the production of nuclear weapons.<br /><br /> Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking in Tehran said:“We believe that no deal is better than a bad deal. A deal which is against the national interests. A deal that humiliates the great and glorious nation of Iran.”<br /><br /> Iran wants an end to the crippling sanctions as part of any agreement.<br /><br /> In Israel the prospect of an accord between the US and Iran prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to issue his take on events:“We will continue to take action and lead the international effort against Iran arming itself with nuclear weapons. We will do everything and take
