Big power deal on Iran excludes use of force-Lavrov

MOSCOW, Jun 2 (Reuters) The offer to Iran worked out in Vienna by major world powers to persuade it to halt work that could produce nuclear weapons excludes the use of military force, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today said.

''I can say unambiguously that all the agreements from yesterday's meetings rule out in any circumstances the use of military force,'' Lavrov was quoted by RIA news agency as saying on his return to Moscow from Vienna.

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