A deal between negotiators over Tehran’s nuclear program is “doable,” Iran’s lead negotiator said Sunday.
“Getting to an accord is doable. Solutions have been found for numerous questions. We are still working on two or three issues … The talks are in their final phase and are very difficult,” Abbas Araqchi told Agence France-Presse.
White House press secretary John Earnest also said a deal was “doable” Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
“Ultimately, the president believes that we should be able to … reach an agreement by the end of March if one is doable,” Earnest said.
The group of nations involved in the talks, which includes the U.S., Germany, France, Britain, China and Russia, must reach an agreement with Iran before their self-imposed deadline on Tuesday, though critics have argued negotiations should be extended or terminated if the deal is not good enough.
Iran did not intend to send its stocks of nuclear material abroad, Araqchi said, which was one demand of U.S. negotiators.
Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner said on CNN Sunday that Congress would sanction Iran if no deal were reached during the Switzerland talks.
This story originally published at 5:24 p.m. and has been updated since then.
