After Talks, Nuclear Deal on Iran Is Seen as Close

NEW YORK TIMES: …Mr. Kerry’s immediate task on Saturday was to present a tableau of unity with counterparts from France, Britain and Germany a day after the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, complained that the emerging accord did not yet go far enough to constrain Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

“There has been progress but as far as the volume, checks and duration of the envisaged commitments are concerned, the situation is still insufficient,” Mr. Fabius said Friday. “So there is more work to be done.”

After meeting one on one with Mr. Fabius here on Saturday, Mr. Kerry insisted that France and the United States were on the same page and that both nations agreed there were still gaps with the Iranians that needed to be closed… (more)

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