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                      Kerry, Zarif Continue Nuclear Talks

   by VOA News

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister
   Mohammad Javad Zarif met again Tuesday in the latest round of talks
   aimed at finding a framework agreement to ensure Iran's nuclear program
   is peaceful.

   The talks in Montreux, Switzerland, were the second in as many days for
   the diplomats, as they work on the details of curbing Iran's nuclear
   activities in exchange for relief from sanctions that have hurt the
   country's economy.

   Kerry and Zarif are expected to meet through Wednesday.

   Iran and a group that includes the U.S., Britain, China, France, Russia
   and Germany have given themselves until the end of the month to work
   out the framework and until July 1 to make a final agreement. The
   process has unfolded over several years, with the two sides extending
   the talks multiple times as deadlines arrived without any resolution.

   Before Monday's session, Zarif told reporters that ending the sanctions
   is key to advancing the deal.

   "Our negotiating partners, particularly the Western countries and
   particularly the United States, must once and for all, come to the
   political understanding that sanctions and agreement don't go
   together," he said. "If they want an agreement, sanctions must go."

   Kerry said Iran must be willing to "make the difficult decisions that
   will be required" in order for there to be a deal.

   "Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed," he said. "That is the
   standard by which this negotiation is taking place and anyone who tells
   you otherwise is simply misinformed."

   The meeting has rankled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who
   is poised to speak before a joint meeting of U.S. Congress on Tuesday
   about threats from Iran.

   Netanyahu said that while the United States and Israel agree on
   preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, they disagree on how
   to reach that goal.
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