World powers and Iran will make a “last push” for a nuclear deal before a Monday midnight deadline even though the parties are far apart, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
“At the moment we´re focused on the last push, a big push tomorrow morning to try and get this across the line,” Hammond told reporters yesterday in Vienna when asked if an extension of the deadline was being considered.
“Of course if we´re not able to do it, we´ll then look at where we go from there,” he added.
A senior US official acknowledged for the first time Sunday that Iran and world powers were now discussing a possible extension of their deadline for a deal amid wide gaps in the talks.
Hammond said the parties would still try to bridge the gaps even though it was not clear whether they could be.
