Kerry asks Congress not to interfere in Iran nuclear talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry has spent a second day urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill not to interfere in Iran nuclear talks, as senators prepare to vote on a bill that would give Congress authority to reject a final nuclear agreement with Tehran.

The top US diplomat provided a comprehensive argument on Tuesday for why lawmakers should let the White House move ahead with the Iran deal without congressional involvement, House of Representatives Democratic lawmaker Jan Schakowsky told reporters.

Kerry made "an irrefutably compelling case on why we need to do this, and very clear how detailed this agreement is," Schakowsky said after emerging from the briefing.

Kerry, who is the main US negotiator at the nuclear talks between the P5+1 group of countries and Iran, has repeatedly asked Congress to allow the negotiations to proceed without interference.

But some hawkish members of Congress remain hostile to the Obama administration's call for lawmakers to step back.

"They want Congress just to go away," said Senator Mark Kirk, a hawkish Republican and author of a bill that would ratchet up sanctions on Tehran if it is passed.

Iran and the P5+1 group – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – reached a landmark framework agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program in Switzerland on April 2. The two sides will now work to draft a final accord by the end of June.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against an emerging final nuclear agreement, expressing concern over an immediate removal of anti-Iran sanctions.

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