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                     Kerry in Vienna for Iran Nuclear Talks

   by VOA News

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says "significant gaps" remain in
   negotiations seeking to broker a deal on Iran's nuclear program.

   Kerry said Sunday in Austria "it is vital to make certain that Iran is
   not going to develop a nuclear weapon."

   The top U.S. diplomat is in Vienna for a new round of nuclear talks
   with Iran and other involved countries.

   A senior U.S. official at the talks says Iran has not moved from what
   he calls its "unworkable and inadequate" positions.

   The official said there has been some progress but that both sides are
   still very far apart on some key issues, including uranium enrichment.

   Another U.S. official said it would be difficult to extend the talks
   beyond the July 20 deadline without seeing progress on those issues.

   Britain, France and Germany have also sent their foreign ministers to
   Vienna.  The Chinese and Russian ministers are not traveling to Vienna,
   but are sending top diplomats.

   Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Abbas Araghchi
   says he hopes the foreign ministers can achieve a breakthrough, but he
   said the differences are deep.

   An interim deal for Iran to curb its nuclear enrichment program in
   exchange for an easing of Western sanctions expires next Sunday.
   Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States are
   trying to work out a longer term deal with Iran.
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