• Mr Kerry leaves a shop as he visits the Mattrah souk in Muscat on Monday. Iran and the United States held a second day of talks in Oman about a long hoped for nuclear deal, with key differences threatening to scupper a final agreement. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry leaves a shop as he visits the Mattrah souk in Muscat on Monday. Iran and the United States held a second day of talks in Oman about a long hoped for nuclear deal, with key differences threatening to scupper a final agreement. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • People watch as Mr Kerry shops at the Mattrah souk. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    People watch as Mr Kerry shops at the Mattrah souk. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • Mr Kerry is in Oman as part of talks between Iran and the United States about a long hoped for nuclear deal. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry is in Oman as part of talks between Iran and the United States about a long hoped for nuclear deal. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • US secretary of state John Kerry. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    US secretary of state John Kerry. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • Mr Kerry looks at bracelets as he visits the Mattrah souk in Muscat on Monday. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry looks at bracelets as he visits the Mattrah souk in Muscat on Monday. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • Mr Kerry is in Oman as part of talks between Iran and the United States about a long hoped for nuclear deal. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry is in Oman as part of talks between Iran and the United States about a long hoped for nuclear deal. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • Mr Kerry looks at daggers as he visits the Mattrah Souq in Muscat. Iran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry looks at daggers as he visits the Mattrah Souq in Muscat. Iran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • Mr Kerry is in Oman to oversee talks about a nuclear deal, with key differences threatening to scupper a final agreement. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry is in Oman to oversee talks about a nuclear deal, with key differences threatening to scupper a final agreement. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) visits the Mattrah souk in Muscat on November 10, 2014. Iran and the United States held a second day of talks today in Oman about a long hoped for nuclear deal, with key differences threatening to scupper a final agreement. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) visits the Mattrah souk in Muscat on November 10, 2014. Iran and the United States held a second day of talks today in Oman about a long hoped for nuclear deal, with key differences threatening to scupper a final agreement. Nicholas Kamm / AP
  • Mr Kerry looks at daggers as he visits the Mattrah Souq in Muscat. Iran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said. Nicholas Kamm / AP
    Mr Kerry looks at daggers as he visits the Mattrah Souq in Muscat. Iran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials said. Nicholas Kamm / AP

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US secretary of state John Kerry in Oman for Iran nuclear talks - in pictures

Robert Mickelson

November 11, 2014

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A second day of negotiations in Muscat between the US and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme ended on Monday without an imminent breakthrough ahead of a looming deadline for a deal.

The high-level talks between US secretary of state John Kerry, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif and Catherine Ashton, the former EU official coordinating the negotiations, were intended to address the outstanding differences over limits that would block a quick path for Iran to making a bomb in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.

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