Iran declares ‘good news’ as nuclear deal appears imminent

Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appear to have reached their penultimate moment as Tehran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, declared “good news” to gathered press on Saturday night.

 

Entering the Palais Coburg in Austria’s capital, where the talks have taken place for fifteen straight days, Salehi spoke after Iranian officials briefed their press corps on the importance of the night ahead.

 

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with US Secretary of State John Kerry for an hour and a half this evening, which was followed by a full plenary of diplomats from world powers— the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany— that went through midnight.

 

The meetings came after the Iranians released photos of their top delegates sifting through stacks of papers, taking phone calls and working on laptops, all wearing large smiles.

 

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