Verification is key in US-Iran nuclear talks, Saudi foreign minister says

The most important issue in imminent nuclear talks between Iran and the United States is how Iran's nuclear programme will be policed, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Wednesday.



Washington and Tehran say they have reached an agreement to end their war and open wider talks on issues including Iran's nuclear programme. A senior U.S. official read out the text of a memorandum of understanding with Tehran but said the parties could still walk away until a binding deal is reached.



"The detail will matter," Prince Faisal said of the talks, speaking at a conference in Vienna hosted by Brussels-based think-tank the European Council on Foreign Relations. He declined to comment on the detail of the MOU because he had not yet seen the final version.



U.S. ally and Iranian rival Saudi Arabia has long kept a close eye on Iran's nuclear programme, which Tehran says is entirely peaceful.