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Kerry says Iran rejected nuclear deal

 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with a journalist during a joint p...MATTHEW LEE, AP
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the major powers were unified on an Iran nuclear deal during weekend talks in Geneva but the Iranians were unable to accept it. He also said critics of the diplomatic effort should withhold their comments until a deal is reached.

Speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi, Kerry said the United States and its negotiating partners were unified when the proposal was presented to the Iranians

"The French signed off on it, we signed off on it," Kerry said.

Earlier reports said that the talks came apart because France refused to accept the deal with Iran. On Monday, Kerry said the major powers reached an agreement after a marathon bargaining session but Iran wasn't able to accept the deal "at that particular moment."

"There was unity but Iran couldn't take it," he said.

Kerry also said that that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of a deal to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions was premature.

"The time to oppose it is when you see what it is, not to oppose the effort to find out what is possible," Kerry said.

THIS LAST LINE [IN RED] BRINGS TO MIND NANCY PELOSIS REMARK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL OF OBAMACARE, WHEN SHE SAID "WE HAVE TO PASS THIS BILL, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S IN IT". WHERE WERE THE REMARKS LIKE THIS WHEN OBAMACARE WAS RAMMED THROUGH ? WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED ABOUT OBAMACARE LONG BEFORE IT WAS PASSED. CONGRESS HAD NO CHANCE TO READ THE PROPOSAL BEFOREHAND ! Full Story