LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Officials say that Iran and six world powers are close to ending the latest round of nuclear talks with a statement that lacks specifics accompanied by documents outlining more detailed understandings.
The texts reflect obstacles remaining to a final agreement but will allow the sides to continue negotiating in a new phase toward that comprehensive deal by late June.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is heading back to Lausanne, indicating an end to the talks is near. He departed on Monday but said he would return if a deal was imminent.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, left, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, center, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, second right, and German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from France, China, the European Union and Iran at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif already have been joined by the foreign ministers of the five other nations at the table.
The officials demanded anonymity Tuesday because their information is confidential.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, center, and European Union Political Director Helga Schmid, left, wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, lefts, greets Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, upon the latter's arrival for a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and the European Union at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with officials from Britain, France, Germany, China, the European Union and Iran at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, center right, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, center left, and other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hwait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program ours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, third left, chats with U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, as U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, second right, takes a note while waiting for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, the European Union and Iran at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. Others seated at the table are: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, third right, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, second right, and German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, right. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
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