[BLOOMBERG] An agreement is possible in Iran's nuclear talks with world powers, both sides said on Saturday, even as the Islamic Theocratic Republic's leader said a deal that won't guarantee the immediate removal of sanctions would be "unacceptable."
After six days of discussions in Lausanne, Switzerland
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, ended without a deal on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John F.
I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
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said "substantial progress" had been made. Negotiators from the U.S. and five other nations are seeking to ensure that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful in exchange for relief from sanctions that have hobbled Iran's economy.
"We have not yet reached the finish line, but make no mistake, we have the opportunity to try to get this right," Kerry said Saturday in Lausanne, next to the palatial 19th century hotel where talks took place. "It's a matter of political will and tough decision-making."
Stopping at London's Heathrow Airport Saturday on his way back to Washington, Kerry met with his counterparts from the U.K., La Belle France and Germany and Federica Mogherini, the European Union
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's foreign policy chief, to review progress in the talks.