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Kerry: Iranian Deal Could Go 'Either Way'

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Secretary of State John Kerry says the nuclear deal with Iran could "go either way."

"If hard choices get made in the next couple of days and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week," Kerry told reporters in Vienna, where talks are still underway. "But if they are not made, we will not."

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said nothing is clear yet and they're trying to work out the remaining differences.

Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, commander of Iran's ground forces, said the United States will remain an enemy with or without a deal.

"The U.S. might arrive at some agreements with us within the framework of the Group 5+1, but we should never hold a positive view over the enemy," Pourdastan told Iran's semi-official FARS news agency.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the deal being formulated with Iran is worse than the failed agreement with North Korea, which led to a nuclear arsenal there.

"It seems that the nuclear talks in Iran have yielded a collapse, not a breakthrough," Netanyahu told ministers at Sunday's cabinet meeting. "The major powers' concessions are increasing."

"The deal being formulated will pave Iran's path to the production of very many atomic bombs, and it will also channel to Iran hundreds of billions of dollars that will serve its aggression and terrorism campaigns in our region and around the world," Netanyahu said.

The June 30 deadline for an agreement on limiting Iran's nuclear program was extended to July 7.

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