Negotiators consulting their capitals on Iran nuclear deal: informed source

GENEVA,Nov.9(MNA) – Nuclear negotiators involved in the Geneva talks are consulting their capitals about a possible deal on Iran’s nuclear program, an informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team told the Tehran Times reporter early on Saturday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other top Western diplomats travelled to Geneva on Friday in the hope of clinching a deal to help resolve Iran’s nuclear issue. But the Los Angeles Times reported that the diplomatic effort had run into obstacles that dimmed prospects for a quick resolution after a decade-long stalemate. Instead of the expected signing ceremony on Saturday, disappointed diplomats said they expect the talks to spill at least into next week, according to the newspaper. Diplomats declined to say why the deal has stalled. A meeting on Friday between Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton lasted until 11:30 p.m. local time, aides said, but failed to break the deadlock. “The negotiations have reached (a) critical, very sensitive situation, and it needs decisions at higher levels,” said Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister and lead negotiator.