Breaking: Zarif, Rouhani announce preliminary Iran nuclear deal

Laura Rozen
Laura Rozen
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (3rd R) arrives at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme, April 2, 2015, in Lausanne. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool - RTR4VVCY
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (3rd R) arrives at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015. — REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced that "solutions have been found" to reach a political understanding with six world powers, and drafting would get underway immediately on a final Iran nuclear deal due by the end of June.

"Found solutions," Zarif tweeted April 2, as journalists awaited a press conference here by him, the European Union foreign policy chief and US Secretary of State John Kerry. "Ready to start drafting immediately."

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