Nuclear talks with Iran continue

“We are not yet where we need to be on several of the most critical issues”, Kerry told reporters outside the 19th-century Viennese palace that has hosted the negotiations.

“While I completely agree… that we have never been closer, at this point this negotiation could go either way”.

The global powers-Britain, China, France, Germany, Russian Federation and the United States-are trying to pin down a deal putting a nuclear bomb out of Iran’s reach in return for lifting a web of sanctions against the Islamic republic.

“All of that information will be made available to Congress so that we can properly evaluate and decide what action, if any, would be appropriate for us to take”, Cardin said on This Week.

“If there are issues that we have for instance in regard to sanctions termination the same procedure has to be applied to that issues as well”, the Iranian official said.

The administration of USA President Barack Obama must submit the deal to Congress on July 9 in order to get an expedited, 30-day review.

The annex, one of five meant to accompany the agreement, outlines which USA and worldwide sanctions will be lifted and how quickly.

Iranian negotiators appeared to raise the pressure on the U.S. by saying Sunday night that the talks might have to continue past Tuesday.

Meanwhile, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini also said on Thursday: “We’re moving forward, but we’re not there yet”.

But he too had warned: “If we reach an agreement that respects our red lines then there will be a deal”. For years, Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but Western nations are not so sure.

(CNN)Experts from the countries involved in the Iran nuclear negotiations have reached a tentative agreement on language dealing with sanctions relief, a source familiar with the talks told CNN on Saturday.

Other foreign ministers started to return to Vienna on Sunday to help push for a swift deal.

“If we don’t have a deal, if there’s absolute intransigence with the things that are important, President Obama has always said we would walk away.”

Political analyst point out that both sides have had the luxury of pushing back the hard to resolved questions for future rounds of talks. but now the diplomats and experts will try to deal with the major challenge of completing a comprehensive agreement including all of the complex technical details in a matter of a few days.

In parallel with the powers’ talks, delegates from the worldwide Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were due to hold talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, following a visit from the body’s chief Yukiya Amano last week.

Coupled with more stringent United Nations inspections, this will give ample time to stop any such “breakout” attempt, the powers believe, while keeping a modest civilian nuclear programme in place in Iran.

“These negotiations began 12 years ago, and now we are 72 hours away from the moment when they should conclude”, he told reporters.