Momentum built toward a historic nuclear deal, with Iran and negotiators giving themselves until July 7 to draft the text of a final agreement. Following a two-hour meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said only “procedural” issues needed to be addressed. The U.S. and Europe formally extended the terms of their interim agreement with Iran in order win time to settle on a deal. “The situation is moving in the right direction,” Lavrov told journalists at the Palais Coburg where talks convened for a fourth day. “We have every reason to believe that the result is within reach.” For Iran, holder of the world’s fourth-biggest oil and second-biggest natural-gas reserves, an agreement would mean the lifting of trade and financial sanctions that have hobbled its economy. For the U.S. and Persian Gulf nations wary of Iran’s influence, it would restrict […]