Iran pledged to maintain a suspension of its uranium enrichment programme agreed in Paris last November, Iranian chief negotiator Hassan Rowhani said, indicating that progress was made in the high-level talks.

　　"We believe following what was discussed today we could come to an agreement in a reasonably short time," Rowhani told journalists after meeting the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany in Geneva.

　　Last-ditch表示“最后防线的，已无后退余地的”，例如：a last-ditch effort to avert the threatened strike（为避免可能来临的攻击所作的拼死努力）；be driven to the last ditch（陷入绝境）；die in the last ditch（奋战到死）。
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　　据悉，在谈判前，伊朗就排除了做出妥协的可能，表示将坚持恢复核活动；而参加谈判的英法德三国也强调，如果伊朗一意孤行，他们支持美国将伊朗核问题诉诸联合国安理会解决。

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