Kerry at Iran’s UN Ambassador’s Official Residence in NYC

Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif this afternoon at the official residence of the Iranian ambassador to the UN in New York City. This is a rare symbolic move to have a secretary of state entering Iran’s soil for the first time since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is accompanying Kerry in his visit to the Upper East Side residence.

Today when asked by reporters how Iran nuclear talks were progressing, Kerry replied, “We’re plugging away, we’re plugging away.”

Earlier in the day, speaking at the UN on the opening day of a month-long conference on nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Kerry said Iran and world powers were closer than ever to a historic Iran nuclear deal. 

Photo credit: Secretary of State John Kerry with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the official residence of the Iranian Ambassador to the UN at the Upper East Side, New York City; also pictured Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (@marieharf/Twitter)