Kerry: Time Running Short For Iran Nuke Agreement

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a press conference during the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting saying that the... U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a press conference during the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting saying that the peace talks will face "formidable" challenges for Syria. He called on the Syrian government and the opposition trying to overthrow it to negotiate in good faith. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Salvatore Di Nolfi) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says time is running out for Iran to negotiate a comprehensive agreement on its nuclear program.

In a Washington Post opinion piece late Monday, Kerry says the July 20 deadline is fast approaching and that Tehran’s leaders face a choice: “They can agree to the steps necessary to assure the world that their country’s nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful … or they can squander a historic opportunity to end Iran economic and diplomatic isolation and improve the lives of their people.”

Kerry says substantial gaps still exist between what Iran’s negotiators say they are willing to do and what they must do.

He says a deal is still possible, but Iran must show a genuine willingness to respond to the international community’s legitimate concerns.

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  1. I wish we could lose this Iran fixation… the middle east is bigger than Iran and our so called friends the Sunni’s from the oil rich states are funding and exporting the lions share of terrorism. If you want to get rid of terrorism, focus on the Saudis for a change.

  2. What a disappointment Kerry is turning out to be. Between his feeble saber-rattling on this and his moronic comments about the NSA revelations, he’s about fucking worthless.

  3. .[quote=“UnfadingGreen, post:3, topic:6290”]
    What a disappointment Kerry is turning out to be
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    Coming from a miserable loser like you them’s some pretty haughty words.

    Why don’t you entertain us with the idealist perspective of what should be done as Secretary of State? You’re pretty adept at whining and finding fault with anything and everything but you’ve yet to cough up any solutions. You do have a brain don’t you? So why not share some of those tried and true UFG big brain patented solutions sweet pea? You are capable of cognitive thought aren’t you? Maybe get together with your friend ediemeow and come up with something. I hear she has a lot of free time on her hands being unemployable, banished and all that.

    Critics are a dime a gross (that’s 144 sweet pea) Come on… tell us how this complex world that we live in would work according to the UFG Big Brain.

    And please…take your time.

  4. Seeing as though you’ll probably delete this post later, let’s preserve yet another one of your childish rants:

  5. Why would I ever want to delete this little work of art sweetness?

    If that’s all you got as a response then we can go with you’ve got no big brain UFG solutions just as I and others figured and leave it at that.

    You could not have failed much better than this sweetpea.

    So So easy to be an whiny idealistic critic who has no feasible solutions isn’t it now wee little one?

    One more chance sweetie..

    Got any ideas buttercup?

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