Iran Nuclear Talks Unresolved
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Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusiveBlowing through a self-imposed deadline, negotiators from Iran, the U.S. and five allied powers labored into the night trying to hammer out an outline toward a final deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programs, but Obama administration officials said talks will carry on into Wednesday in the hope that a stalemate can be broken on “several difficult issues.”
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters at the talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, that top diplomats from the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia, Germany and Iran had “made enough progress” to “merit staying...
From the Center
Iran Nuclear Talks Miss DeadlineNuclear talks between Iran and six world powers crashed through another deadline on Tuesday, casting doubt about whether the two sides can reach a final deal to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions.
In the early morning hours Wednesday, there were some signs of progress toward building a framework outlining elements of a final nuclear deal to be reached by June 30. “We’ve made enough progress in the last days to merit staying until Wednesday,” said State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf. “There...
From the Left
Obstacles persist as talks on Iran’s nuclear program move into overtimeNegotiators striving to shrink Iran’s nuclear program struggled to square their remaining differences Wednesday, as they made conflicting assessments of where they stand on a seventh, taxing day of talks.
Three of the five foreign ministers negotiating alongside Secretary of State John F. Kerry have already left Lausanne, leaving only the British and German foreign ministers and the European Union’s foreign policy chief beside him at the negotiating table. While the meaning of their departure was unclear, there was a sense that the negotiators were struggling to salvage talks on...
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