Kerry, Zarif meet on nuclear accord as talks extended

As Kerry joins the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran gaps narrow, but a few significant outstanding issues stand in the way of a deal.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L, gesturing), EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (C) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) meet during the third day of closed-door nuclear talks at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva November 9, 2013. France warned of serious stumbling blocks to a long-sought deal on Iran's nuclear programme as foreign ministers from Tehran and six world powers extended high-stakes negotiations into a third day on Saturday to end a decade-old standoff. REUTER
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L, gesturing), EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (C) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) meet during the third day of closed-door nuclear talks at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva Nov. 9, 2013. - REUTERS/Jean-Christophe Bott/Pool
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Geneva __ Talks on a prospective Iran nuclear accord will be extended for at least a third day after US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met here for almost five hours Friday with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

The negotiations were productive, but there is much work still to be done, Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said as his delegation returned to the diplomats' hotel just before midnight after the meeting.

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