Q+A: Proposed nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers

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By Louis Charbonneau GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran is meeting in Geneva with the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany to discuss a deal under which Tehran would suspend parts of its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief. Iran denies allegations by Western powers and their allies that it is seeking the capability to produce atomic weapons and insists its nuclear ambitions are limited to the peaceful generation of electricity. Iran has been hit with U.S., European Union and U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to comply with U.N. resolutions that it halt uranium enrichment and other sensitive nuclear activities that could be used to make weapons. Iran is now earning only about $100 million a day from oil sales as opposed to $250 million two years ago.

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