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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Lausanne, Switzerland (AP) Mar. 20, 2015 - The United States and Iran
broke off nuclear negotiations ahead of schedule Friday, setting up
make-or-break talks next week for a deal providing long-term assurance to the
world that the Iranians cannot develop nuclear weapons. The sides were close to
an agreement, a top Russian official said.
The session in the Swiss city of Lausanne was interrupted on its sixth day
so members of the Iranian delegation could attend the funeral of their
president`s mother. Those departing included Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
Zarif, the main negotiating partner of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and
Hossein Fereydoon, a brother of Hassan Rouhani . Diplomats didn’t promise a
breakthrough this week, but strove to make as much progress as possible with a
March 31 deadline for a framework accord looming.
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