Responding to remarks by Kerry in Abu Dhabi on Monday, Zarif said that blaming Iran only served to undermine confidence in the negotiations which are set for another round on 20 November.
The United States, the European Union and Iran worked intensively together for months on a proposal to help end the 10-year stand-off over Iran’s nuclear programme, diplomats said, but talks in Geneva between Tehran and six world powers to agree the deal ended on Saturday without agreement.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Paris could not accept a ‘fool’s game’ - in other words, a weak deal with Iran.
Diplomats from other Western nations at first reacted angrily and accused the French of trying to upstage the other powers and causing unnecessary trouble for the talks.
The United States, the European Union and Iran worked intensively together for months on a proposal to help end the 10-year stand-off over Iran’s nuclear programme, diplomats said, but talks in Geneva between Tehran and six world powers to agree the deal ended on Saturday without agreement.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Paris could not accept a ‘fool’s game’ - in other words, a weak deal with Iran.
Diplomats from other Western nations at first reacted angrily and accused the French of trying to upstage the other powers and causing unnecessary trouble for the talks.