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Iranian nuclear talks still underway to break deadlock

Xinhua, April 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Following a night of intensive talks, negotiators from world powers and Iran resumed their marathon talks Thursday morning in a bid to make a breakthrough.

Marie Harf, a spokeswomen for the U.S. State Department, said that the diplomats held negotiations throughout Wednesday night until 06:00 a.m. local time (0400GMT) Thursday morning.

"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his negotiating team back at work this morning," she said on Twitter.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius rejoined the talks after he returned to Lausanne late Wednesday.

Media reports cited Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying on Thursday morning that "significant progress" has been made in the nuclear talks.

"It's likely to have a press statement today. If the efforts reach the conclusion today, we will have a joint press statement," the top negotiator told Iranian reporters ahead of Thursday's negotiations.

Two days after missing the March 31 deadline to close a framework agreement, the talks have plunged into its eighth day. Endi