DEADLINE – AT 9:06 A.M. ET:  The Iran nuclear talks in Switzerland have only hours to go before tonight's deadline to come to a tentative agreement.  There's been so much lying, propaganda, and butt-covering in statements coming out of the talks, and from our own State Department, that it's difficult to know what's actually happening.  But the signs are not good.  This story, from AP, seems the most authoritative and best-reported.  One of the reporters on the story is Matt Lee, who has been superb in diplomatic reporters, and one of the few who actually challenges the Obama administration's absurdity:

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Wrapping up six days of marathon nuclear talks with mixed results, Iran and six world powers prepared Tuesday to issue a general statement agreeing to continue negotiations in a new phase aimed at reaching a comprehensive accord by the end of June, officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The joint statement is to be accompanied by additional documents that outline more detailed understandings, allowing the sides to claim enough progress has been made thus far to merit a new round, the officials said.

One of the officials said the statement was general in part because differences between the sides remained ahead of a new phase of negotiations toward a comprehensive deal by late June. The second official said other documents will be more technical in nature and will also be made public later in the day.

Both demanded anonymity because they are not authorized to comment on the talks.

The documents were being finalized among the six countries negotiating with Iran, and the Iranian side had not yet signed off on them, said the first official.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who left Lausanne Monday, was heading back to the Swiss city, also indicating that an end to the talks was near. He departed on Monday but said he would return if a deal was imminent.

COMMENT:  We'll see, as we go through the day, if any of this actually happens.  The key point is that the Iranian side has not signed off on any texts.

It is being reported elsewhere that the real leaders in Iran will not permit any further concessions, to the extent that there have been any serious ones.

It's a bad moment.  We've been had and manipulated by Iran, and by the leftists in the Obama administration, led by the leftist-in-chief in the Oval Office.  What will the excuse be this time, if all we get is a general piece of paper?

March 31,  2015