WASHINGTON — The U.S. expects to achieve a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program within three or four months, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday, suggesting an agreement could be possible months sooner than previously anticipated.
Iran and the countries negotiating with it — the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — had previously failed to reach a deal by their self-imposed deadline of Nov. 24. At that point, they extended the talks for another seven months.
The Obama administration has been invested in achieving a deal with Iran that would both account for international concerns over its ability to build a nuclear weapon and begin the process of normalizing Iran’s relations with the global community. Kerry was at the forefront of an effort to achieve a temporary agreement with Iran last year. That deal provided Iran with limited relief from burdensome international sanctions in exchange for Iranian commitments on transparency and limiting the production of material and technology that could help it build a nuclear weapon.
Kerry made the comments at the closing session of the Brookings Institution’s Saban Forum, an annual gathering of U.S. and Israeli policymakers and power players in Washington, D.C.
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