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Negotiators work through night on Iran deal

Foreign ministers from the P5+1 countries must now contend with the clock as they work out remaining hang-ups.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits with others before a meeting with P5+1, European Union and Iranian officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne March 30, 2015, during Iran nuclear talks.  REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool   - RTR4VF2S

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Top diplomats from Iran and the six world powers (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany, or P5+1) said they would be working late into the night on the eve of a self-imposed deadline to reach a political accord for a final Iran nuclear deal.

“There still remain some difficult issues,” Secretary of State John Kerry said March 30. “We are working very hard to work through those.”

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