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Reality of deal sets in for Iran, P5+1

A senior US negotiator suggested that all parties, but particularly the Iranians, may be experiencing some eleventh-hour jitters.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits between U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (L) and Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano during a meeting at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 29, 2015. Iran is backtracking from an interim nuclear agreement with world powers three months ago, Western officials suggested on Sunday, as U.S. and Iranian officials said talks on a final accord would likely run past a June 30 deadline.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX1I8AB
US Secretary of State John Kerry sits between US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (L) and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano during a meeting at a hotel in Vienna, June 29, 2015. — REUTERS/Carlos Barria

VIENNA — Nuclear talks were poised to intensify and go into overtime as a senior US negotiator suggested that all parties, but particularly the Iranians, may be experiencing some eleventh-hour jitters about the broader implications of concluding the nuclear accord they have all moved so far down the path to reach.

“We and the Iranians understand that this is a very important moment in the talks,” a senior US administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told journalists June 29. “It is certainly possible to get a deal here, and we do see a path forward to get an agreement that meets our bottom line. 

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