Sweltering Heat, Pouring Rain and Misery at Iran Nuclear Talks
A view of the Palais Coburg Hotel, the venue of the nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria on June 28, 2015. Talks between Iran and major powers on finalising a historic nuclear deal will go beyond the June 30 deadline, a spokesman for the Iranian delegation in talks in Vienna said Sunday.
Photographer: CHRISTIAN BRUNA/AFP/Getty ImagesSweltering heat, pouring rain, fraying nerves and a serious ice cream shortage are settling in atop cabin fever and fatigue at the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna.
Twelve days into what’s been billed as the final round of high-level talks after 22 months, soaring temperatures haven’t made it any easier for diplomats to keep their cool. As the mercury hit 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif were overheard shouting at each other, and Viennese waiters yelled at less prominent diners for asking to split a bill four ways.