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Added on the 01/09/2015 18:24:35 - Copyright : AFP EN
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before Congress telling skeptical lawmakers that rejection of the Iran nuclear deal would give Tehran "a great big green light" to accelerate its atomic program. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
In an unusual intervention into U.S. foreign policy-making, Republican senators have sent a letter to Iran warning Tehran that any nuclear deal made with U.S. President Barack Obama could last only as long as he remains in office. Justin Mitchell reports.
The EU's foreign policy chief says he is hopeful the Iran nuclear deal could be revived after receiving "reasonable" responses to his proposed text from Iran and the United States. "I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal" says Josep Borrell, at an informal meeing of EU foreign ministers in Prague. SOUNDBITE
The EU says "everybody is studying the response and this is not the time, for the moment, to speculate on timing", as it mulls Iran's reponse to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that it is now up to Iran to make hard decisions in order to restore the 2015 deal on limiting its nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. After nearly a year of negotiations, "the onus is on Tehran to make decisions that it might consider difficult," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States and Iran are near to reaching an agreement over reviving the 2015 deal on limiting Tehran's nuclear weapons program, the State Department says. "We are close to a possible deal, but we're not there yet," said State Department spokesman Ned Price. "We do think the remaining issues can be bridged." SOUNDBITE
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