John Kerry and Jawad Zarif at Palais Oriental on the shores of Lake Geneva

“Secretary Kerry and Foreign Minister Zarif reconvened this evening to continue discussion about the nuclear negotiations in advance of the start of the next round of talks tomorrow,” a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said. Wendy Sherman, acting deputy secretary of state, and deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi are to lead their delegations at Thursday’s talks, to be followed on Sunday Jan. 18 by wider talks between Iran and major world powers.