NBC: Analysis: Iran Nuclear Talks — Where Things Stand
TEHRAN — After years of marathon negotiations and several missed deadlines, crunch time has finally arrived for Iran's nuclear talks with the United States and five other world powers.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sunday in Vienna with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, their third encounter since Saturday.
As gaps remained between all sides in the talks, Zarif planned to return to Tehran for 24 hours for consultations with Iran's leadership ahead of the June 30 deadline for a deal.
An enormous amount of ground already has been covered between Tehran and Washington, old foes who once referred to each other as "The Great Satan" and a member of "The Axis of Evil," respectively.
WNU Editor: NBC is trying to spin the positive in these nuclear talks .... sighhh .... what I find amazing about these "news analysis" is that I have been hearing the same thing from these same news networks for years. Bottom line .... the men who run Iran starting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei have shown little if any interest in curtailing their nuclear program and have made their positions abundantly clear for years, and as long as they are the ones in charge nothing is going to change. As for the current phase of talks .... I still expect some form of understanding coming out from it .... and it will be hailed as a great accomplishment for the Obama administration. But on a substantive level .... it will be lacking on an inspections regime, and a total lack of willingness from Iran Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian military to cooperate with international organizations.
Update: Why am I not surprised .... Nuke talks to miss target; Iran foreign minister heads home (AP).