It May Be Over Except The Shouting

++Give a news scoop to DailyKos poster ericlewis0. I hope he's right.

+++First he caught BBC reporter Kasra Naji tweet that Zarif and Mogherini would announce the agreement.

++then He caught the news that Lavrov,the Russian Foreign Minister,said that the experts would work out the remaining technical details by the end of June. He said the final result was "completely reachable", according to TASS.

++Reuters reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif claimed that he expected Tehran and the six world powers can start drafting a preliminary political deal on Wednesday.

++ericlewis0 caught that President Obama had called together a full National Security Council meeting this evening and the assembled group heard from the negotiating team headed by John Kerry. 

++The AFP reported that the Russian Foreign Minister said early wednesday the global powers had reached an agreement in principle on "all key aspects" of the outlines of the nuclear deal. He said it would be put down in paper in one day. 

++A senior American official said that not everything had been resolved. I take that to mean that the US didn't want Lavrov to have the final media say.

++But if these reports are accurate, we have a "framework" and now the final deal will be struck by the June deadline as promised.

++I hope President Obama doesn't low-key this achievement with the Republican Congress howling for blood. Over 60% of Americans support such a deal. They didn't think it possible--including me--and think Iran will cheat but it was worth it anyway.