Friday, November 21, 2014

Iran Nuclear Talks Are Going Down To The Wire

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (3rd L), EU envoy Catherine Ashton (6th L), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd R) and Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (front L) sit a a table during talks in Vienna November 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader

U.S., Iran In Last-Ditch Bid To Clinch Historic Nuclear Deal -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Iran and the United States on Friday intensified efforts to overcome deep divisions in talks on Tehran's nuclear program days ahead of a deadline for agreement.

With the deadline for a deal to defuse a 12-year stand-off over Iran's nuclear ambitions due to expire on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif unexpectedly met for a second time in Vienna on Friday evening.

The United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China began a final round of talks with Iran on Tuesday, looking to clinch a pact under which Tehran would curb its nuclear work to help ensure it cannot be diverted to bomb-making in exchange for a lifting of economically crippling sanctions.

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More News On The Iranian Nuclear Talks

Diplomats eye interim Iran agreement as final deal talks stall -- Financial Times
Kerry, Zarif to meet again in push to reach nuclear deal -- Reuters
Kerry and Iran Counterpart Scrambling as Monday Deadline Looms in Nuclear Talks -- New York Times
Kerry still at nuke talks despite planning to go -- AP
Kerry Remains In Vienna At Nuclear Talks -- Radio Free Europe
Iran nuclear negotiations intensify as Vienna talks reach critical point -- Haaretz
Talks on Iran's nuclear program called complex but useful as deadline nears -- CNN
Iran nuclear talks: Kerry presses for deal with Zarif -- BBC

1 comment:

Unknown said...

No diplomat with a shred of dignity should be involved in these talks unless they do not want their career scuttled and are trying to make it to retirement.

The talks are kabuki theatre.