Iran Nuclear Talks News Updates -- July 1, 2015

New York Times: Reckoning of Iran’s Nuclear Activity and Sites Remain Major Hurdles in Deal

VIENNA — When the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, lands in Tehran on Thursday for a hastily scheduled meeting with President Hassan Rouhani and Iran’s top national security officials, it will be part of a behind-the-scenes effort to resolve two of the biggest obstacles to a nuclear deal: Whether to force Iran to reveal any evidence about suspected design work on nuclear weapons, and how to assure that inspectors can get inside the country’s most secret nuclear sites.

President Obama alluded to those disputes on Tuesday when, in what at first sounded like a somewhat offhand comment, he declared that he would reject an accord that called for “a few inspectors wandering around every once in a while.” In fact, according to senior American and European officials, the debate about exactly whom Mr. Amano’s inspectors will be able to interview, what documents and sites they will be able to visit, and how their access to Iran’s sprawling nuclear infrastructure will be guaranteed is the key to whether an agreement is reached in the next few days.

Iran Nuclear Talks News Updates -- July 1, 2015

Kerry says Iran nuclear talks 'making progress' -- AFP
Iran's Zarif says nuclear talks are 'making progress' -- Reuters
Despite Deadline Extension, Iran and West Far Apart on Details of Nuke Deal -- The Tower
Momentum for Iran Deal Builds -- US News and World Report
Iran nuclear talks: Deadline extended to 7 July -- BBC
With a week to go in nuclear talks, Iran wants focus on sanctions relief -- The Guardian
Envoys Overcome Iran Sanctions Hurdle as Monitors Head to Tehran -- Bloomberg
UN Atomic Chief to Visit Iran as Nuclear Talks Gain Momentum -- Bloomberg
Confidential UN Report Positive on Iran Nuclear Commitments -- NYT/AP
IAEA chief heads to Iran as nuclear talks reach last stretch -- Reuters
U.N. chief weapons inspector visits Iran to talk nukes -- USA Today
Republicans draw their redlines on Iran -- The Hill
The Iranian nuclear talks just went into overtime — and here's the real deadline for Obama -- Brett LoGiurato, Business Insider