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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)
Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers have entered into overtime, after negotiators decided to ignore a midnight Tuesday deadline and give more time to efforts to reach agreement.
Negotiations were continuing into Wednesday morning, local time. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf says the extension was justified although "several difficult issues" still needed to be bridged.
The sides hope to reach a preliminary understanding that will allow them to enter a new phase of negotiations aiming at a final deal by June.
The U.S and its negotiating partners want to curb Iranian nuclear programs that could be used to make weapons. Iran denies such aims but is negotiating for an end to sanctions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, and European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AP)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, left, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, center, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, second right, and German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from France, China, the European Union and Iran at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AP)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, looks through a window of the hotel during a break after a meeting during a new round of Nuclear Iran Talks, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott) (Jean-christophe Bott/AP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, and European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini wait for the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with other officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to reach consensus on the outline of an Iran nuclear deal just hours ahead of a self-imposed deadline to produce an agreement. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AP)
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Iran nuke talks drag past deadline
Story highlights Sources tell CNN that French foreign minister has told Iranians he is leaving early Wednesday morning Netanyahu: "Agreement ... in Lausanne is paving" way for Iran nuclear weapons Iran, world powers talking to set up parameters for framework deal on Iran's nuclear program
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has informed the Iranian delegation at talks in Switzerland on Iran's nuclear program that he will return to Paris at dawn Wednesday in an apparent effort to force the Iranians' hand, Western diplomatic sources tell CNN.
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Talks to reach a deal on a framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program will be extended an extra day, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
"We've made enough progress in the last days to merit staying until Wednesday. There are several difficult issues still remaining," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the talks would continue another day as "long as the conversations continue to be productive."
Diplomats and negotiators were still working as an initial deadline approached, but another day appeared necessary to reach a framework deal.
A lot can happen before the midnight (6 p.m. ET) deadline in Lausanne, and even afterward -- including the possibility that the negotiators could continue to talk even if there's no deal by then, or that future negotiations toward a more permanent, comprehensive pact fall apart.
Hamid Ba'idinejad from Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday there are no "artificial" deadlines and a deal will be reached, when each issue has been resolved.
Diplomats told CNN that there has been progress, but gaps remain.
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