克里週一與伊朗外長舉行會談

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet Monday in New York for the first time since announcing a framework deal to curtail Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

A senior State Department official said Sunday the meeting will take place on the sidelines of the U.N.'s conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Negotiators from Iran and a group of six world powers have given themselves until June 30 to agree on a final deal addressing Iran's nuclear program and concerns that it could be used to develop nuclear weapons.

Critics of the talks, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, say the U.S. and its partners Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany are being too soft on Iran and would allow too much nuclear activity to continue while taking away the sanctions.

U.S. President Barack Obama has defended the provisions of the framework deal, emphasizing that sanctions could be reimposed if Iran failed to uphold its part of the agreement.

In a rare appearance Saturday at a meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, former President George W. Bush expressed his criticism, questioning the feasibility of putting the sanctions back into place.美國國務卿克里和伊朗外長扎裏夫星期一將在紐約舉行會談。自宣佈有關伊朗限制其核項目以換取國際社會放鬆制裁的框架協議以來，這是克里與扎裏夫的首次會談。

美國國務院一名高層官員星期日說，此次會談將在聯合國核不擴散條約會議期間舉行。

伊朗和世界六強國的談判代表將6月30日設爲達成最終協議的最後期限。該協議旨在解決伊朗的核項目問題，人們擔心伊朗利用這一項目研製核武器。

包括以色列總理內塔尼亞胡在內的批評人士說，美國以及英國、中國、法國、俄羅斯和德國對伊朗過於軟弱，在取消制裁的同時允許伊朗繼續從事太多的核活動。

美國總統奧巴馬爲框架協議的條款進行辯護，他強調說，如果伊朗不履行協議，就可以重新實施制裁。

在星期六舉行的共和黨猶太人聯盟會議上，難得露面的前總統老布什對框架協議提出批評，並質疑重新對伊朗實施制裁的可行性。