--- title: Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Stretch Beyond Deadline description: Negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program will likely break without an agreement on Monday canonical: https://time.com/3602002/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-24T13:32:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:18:59.081Z article:section: World og:title: Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Stretch Beyond Deadline og:description: Negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program will likely break without an agreement on Monday og:url: https://time.com/3602002/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6339b440dc6fcb58/69876a7dcd1bba77bd6f3b4c/john-kerry-iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Secretary of State Kerry steps out as Britain's Foreign Secretary Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Iranian FM Zarif and German FM Steinmeier, French FM Fabius, EU envoy Ashton and Chinese FM Yi pose in Vienna og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Stretch Beyond Deadline twitter:description: Negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program will likely break without an agreement on Monday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6339b440dc6fcb58/69876a7dcd1bba77bd6f3b4c/john-kerry-iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Hit Deadline Without Deal  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Nov 24, 2014 1:32 PM CUT  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps out as Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, EU envoy Catherine Ashton and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for photographers during their meeting in Vienna on Nov. 24, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps out as Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, EU envoy Catherine Ashton and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for photographers during their meeting in Vienna on Nov. 24, 2014.Pool/Reuters  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Nov 24, 2014 1:32 PM CUT Negotiations to curb Iran’s nuclear program will likely end in a stalemate on Monday, [according](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-talks.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") [to](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8f96e76588f0439ca53357c47059315b/china-holds-out-hope-iran-nuclear-deal "undefined") [reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/24/us-iran-nuclear-talks-idUSKCN0J80QA20141124 "undefined"), but could resume one month after what had been called a deadline for striking a deal. The New York _Times_, citing an unnamed Western diplomat, reports that Western negotiators were encouraged by “progress made this weekend” in Vienna and were likely to reconvene in December. But officials offered conflicting accounts of how far the negotiators had come toward reaching an agreement. President Barack Obama called the differences “significant” in a Sunday television interview, but diplomats offered more optimistic assessments on Monday. **MORE**: [Iranians ponder economic future as nuclear talks near deadline](http://time.com/3601302/iran-economic-future/ "undefined") One Western diplomat [told](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8f96e76588f0439ca53357c47059315b/china-holds-out-hope-iran-nuclear-deal "undefined") the Associated Press that the negotiators should complete a broad agreement by March 1 and settle the final details by July 1\. Those comments were at odds with Secretary of State John Kerry’s insistence that the objective of the talks was to complete an outline of a final accord by Monday. Western nations agreed to relax sanctions against Iran in July in exchange for new limits on the nation’s nuclear program and an extension of talks on a final status agreement until this Monday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3602002/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602002/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna/"},"headline":"Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Hit Deadline Without Deal","datePublished":"2014-11-24T13:32:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:18:59.081Z","description":"Deadline was Monday but indications are talks will continue","url":"https://time.com/3602002/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna/","keywords":["diplomacy","Iran","Foreign Policy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6339b440dc6fcb58/69876a7dcd1bba77bd6f3b4c/john-kerry-iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6339b440dc6fcb58/69876a7dcd1bba77bd6f3b4c/john-kerry-iran-nuclear-deal-vienna-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Secretary of State Kerry steps out as Britain's Foreign Secretary Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Iranian FM Zarif and German FM Steinmeier, French FM Fabius, EU envoy Ashton and Chinese FM Yi pose in Vienna","caption":"U.S. Secretary of State Kerry steps out as Britain's Foreign Secretary Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Iranian FM Zarif and German FM Steinmeier, French FM Fabius, EU envoy Ashton and Chinese FM Yi pose in Vienna","creditText":"Pool/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/diplomacy/","name":"diplomacy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3602002/iran-nuclear-talks-vienna/","name":"Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Hit Deadline Without Deal"}}]}] ```