"Unless Iran is able to make the difficult decisions that are required, there won't be a deal," he told a press conference, right after addressing the High-Level Segment of the Human Rights Council here in Geneva.
"Right now, no deal exists, no partial deal exists," he said.
However, Kerry said he saw "some progress" in the talks as negotiators trying hard to reach the outline of a final deal that they want by July.
Later on Monday Kerry is supposed to meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Montreux, Switzerland, where the new round of Iran nuclear talks will start.
- The talks will be continued on Wednesday by senior diplomats from Iran and the P5+1 group, namely the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.
Under an interim deal between Iran and the P5+1 inked in November, 2013, Iran said it would suspend critical nuclear activities in return for limited ease of sanctions, with all sides seeking a comprehensive deal.
After missing twice self-imposed deadlines, the negotiators agreed in November 2014 to extend the deadline for another seven months and aimed to reach a political framework deal by the end of March.
Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
2/3/15
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Obama: Iran should halt nuclear work for decade...
ReplyDeletePresident Barack Obama has said Iran should agree to at least a decade-long freeze on its nuclear activity if a landmark deal is to be finally reached.
In an interview with Reuters, Mr Obama also said the odds were still against such an agreement happening.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to oppose a deal in a speech to Congress on Tuesday.
But the president said Mr Netanyahu had been wrong on Iran before, when he opposed an interim agreement last year.
"Netanyahu made all sorts of claims - this was going to be a terrible deal, this was going to result in Iran getting $50bn worth of relief, Iran would not abide by the agreement."
None of that has come true, Mr Obama said.
"During this period we've seen Iran not advance its programme. In many ways, it's rolled back elements of its programme."
Such differences of opinion between the US and Israel would not be "permanently destructive" to relations between the two countries, he added.
Mr Netanyahu was invited to speak at the US Capitol by Republican House Speaker John Boehner, a move that angered Democrats...............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31703780
3/3/15