An Iranian official said Monday he expects sanctions to be lifted by the end of the year on the condition Iran fully implements its nuclear-related commitments made in a landmark nuclear deal adopted on Sunday. Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi Monday acknowledged after meeting here with his counterparts from P5+1, namely the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany, that the large task of dismantling centrifuges, a key point of the deal, had not yet begun. He told reporters the green-light to begin the process would first be required from the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, something he expected would happen soon. Senior officials from Iran and P5+1 on Monday discussed issues such as redesign and modernization of the Arak heavy water reactor, possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear past, as well as preparations for lifting nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions against Iran, […]