With negotiators from Iran and six world powers locked down in Vienna, almost continuously trying to meet the June 30 deadline for a final Iran nuclear deal, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has started holding a series of classified briefings and open hearings to prepare members to evaluate a prospective deal next month.
US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, freshly back from US-Iran bilateral meetings in Geneva last weekend, after which US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg, briefed members of the committee this week of June 2. He was joined by directors of US nuclear laboratories that have been involved with evaluating the technical specifications for a final Iran deal.
