Chastised at Home, Iranian Diplomat Refrains From ‘Intimacy’ With U.S. Counterpart

MUNICH — Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, was assailed by hard-liners in Tehran last month for talking a widely photographed walk in Geneva with Secretary of State John Kerry during a break in their talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

The United States, its negotiating partners and Iran are racing to meet a late March deadline for concluding the framework of an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program.

The New York Times