John Kerry

Twitter may be officially banned in Iran, but this did not stop Iranians from tweeting snapshots of themselves as U.S. President Barack Obama gave his speech on the Iranian nuclear deal, broadcast live on TV uncensored.

Young Iranians grabbed at the opportunity to take unusual selfies - against the TV screens with Obama - and then post these to social media.

Iran and world powers agreed April 2 on the framework of a potentially historic deal aimed at curbing Tehran?s nuclear drive after marathon talks in Switzerland.
 
It marks a major breakthrough in a 12-year standoff between Iran and the West, which has long feared Tehran wants to build a nuclear bomb.
 

All-night nuclear talks between Iran and major powers made "significant progress," but there is no "final result yet," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday during a break in negotiations.
      

A nuclear deal with Iran is possible ?If Allah wills,? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly said.

Marathon talks aimed at stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons entered their final scheduled day March 31 with global powers racing to agree a framework deal by a midnight deadline.
      

Global powers were due to gather with Iran March 30, seeking to slot into place the last pieces of a complex puzzle to curtail Tehran's nuclear programme as diplomats said tentative agreement on some parts had been reached.
      

High-stakes negotiations to rein in Iran's suspect nuclear programme looked set to go down to the wire on March 29 with only three days left until a midnight deadline for the outlines of a deal.

In a sign that keenly watched Iran nuclear talks will go down to the wire, top US diplomat John Kerry has cancelled plans to attend a key event in Boston on March 30 to remain at the negotiations in Switzerland.
  

Iran's nuclear chief said March 26 he was "optimistic" about reaching a ground-breaking nuclear deal, as US and Iranian diplomats launched down-to-the-wire talks chasing a March 31 deadline.
      

President Barack Obama is to meet March 24 with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani, who has asked Washington for "flexibility" on the pace of US troop withdrawals from the war-torn country.