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US Can ’See Path’ to Iran Nuclear Deal by Tuesday

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A nuclear deal with Iran capping over a decade of talks is in sight by a March 31 deadline, US officials said, but they remained cautious as top diplomat John Kerry prepared Thursday for down-to-the-wire negotiations.

Kerry will push Iran to agree by Tuesday on the outlines of the long-elusive deal disabling parts of its nuclear infrastructure, in return for an easing of crippling global sanctions, at renewed talks in the Swiss lakeside town of Lausanne.

"We very much believe that we can get this done by the 31st," a senior State Department official told reporters travelling on Kerry's plane.
However, he cautioned: "We can see a path forward here to get to an agreement, we can see what that path might look like... that doesn't mean we'll get there."

It remains unclear how detailed the framework between Iran and the six powers will be, particularly with the United States and France appearing split on the issue.

A senior European official also said any deal may only be an internal document, a fact sheet -- or not a text at all.

The State Department official said the format of any deal was under negotiation.

"We believe and know that we will have to share as many specific details publicly as we can, with the caveat that the work of doing annexes is very tough work," the US official said.
"March 31 is a real date and it is an important one," the official said, but acknowledged any framework deal would have to be fleshed out by a wealth of detailed, technical annexes by the end of June.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who will sit down again with Kerry on Thursday, hit out at the group of six for not being able to "coordinate its stance".

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team