"The prize for Iran is huge -- access to very large amounts of frozen assets, the ability to trade freely with the world again and the ability to reset relationships with the international community," Philip Hammond said as he arrived in Vienna to join the talks.
"We have a long way to go if we are to get to a deal before the deadline on Monday ... It's clear that both sides want to try to get a deal done, but none of us want to do a bad deal," he told reporters.
He added: "I'm a realist, I hope. We've got a very short amount of time. What we're all focused on now is trying to get the key principles of a deal agreed over the next 72 hours so that we can meet that important deadline.
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