Kerry to Negotiate With Iran Until Thursday - US State Department

© REUTERS / Brian Snyder US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pose for a photograph before resuming talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Lausanne
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pose for a photograph before resuming talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Lausanne - Sputnik International
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US State Secretary John Kerry is trying to reach a political agreement on Iran's nuclear program and will stay in Lausanne, Switzerland until at least Thursday morning to continue negotiations.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US State Secretary John Kerry will continue to negotiate with Iran until Thursday, April 2, in an attepmt to reach a political agreement on Tehran's nuclear program, US Department of State spokesperson Marie Harf said via Twitter on Wednesday.

“Cont[inue] to make progress; have not reached a pol[itical] understanding. John will remain in Lausanne until at least Thursday AM to cont[inue] negotiations,” Harf said in the tweet.

Earlier on Wednesday, the White House said that the United States was ready to walk away from the talks if Iran stalls on its commitments to reach a deal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) and Head of Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi stand with other members of their delegation while talking after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and US officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne March 27, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The White House spokesperson Josh Earnest also admitted that “gaps” still remain in trying to reach an agreement with Tehran, which is why the negotiations have been extended.

Earnest explained that reaching an agreement with Iran would require Tehran to make “some serious” commitments, but that those have yet to be made.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, however, said earlier on Wednesday that significant progress has been made toward reaching a deal with Iran.

Meanwhile, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi stated that the talks were “moving forward.”

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Iran and the group of P5+1 countries that include the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and China plus Germany are negotiating in Lausanne, Switzerland a deal that would ensure a peaceful nature of Tehran's nuclear program.

Tuesday, March 31 was the deadline for the negotiators to hammer out an agreement, but the talks continued into the night and resumed on Wednesday.

Iran and the international mediators have been in talks since November 2013 trying to broker the agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program. The new self-imposed deadline for the final deal is now set for July 1, 2015.

 

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