By Sky News US Team
The US would "walk away" from nuclear talks with Iran if an acceptable deal does not materialise, Barack Obama has said.
The President delivered the warning as US Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to Paris to try and smooth over differences with France, which has pushed for greater guarantees that any deal will stop Tehran from gaining a nuclear weapon.
Mr Obama said in an interview aired on CBS News Sunday Morning: "If there is no deal then we walk away."
The President said any agreement must allow the West to verify that Tehran is not going to obtain an atomic weapon - and that even if Iran "cheated," Washington and others would have "enough time to take action."
"If we don't have that kind of deal, then we're not going to take it," Mr Obama added.
He said the Iranians had negotiated seriously and progress has been made, but gaps still exist.
Mr Obama said: "And I would say that over the next month or so, we're going to be able to determine whether or not their system is able to accept what would be an extraordinarily reasonable deal, if in fact, as they say, they are only interested in peaceful nuclear programs.
"And if we have unprecedented transparency in that system, if we are able to verify that in fact they are not developing weapons systems, then there's a deal to be had, but that's going to require them to accept the kind of verification and constraints on their program that so far, at least, they have not been willing to say yes to."
In Paris, Mr Kerry agreed there were gaps to overcome in the "critical weeks" to come.
He told reporters after meeting with France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius: "We want an agreement that's solid."
Mr Fabius stressed "differences still remain" which had to be "overcome" and "there is still work to do".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out his concerns about an agreement with Iran in a speech to the US Congress on Tuesday.
In an historic address, Mr Netanyahu said the emerging agreement was "very bad" and could trigger "a countdown to a nuclear nightmare".
In an interview with CBS on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu showed no sign of budging.
He said: "I do not trust inspections with totalitarian regimes.
"And so I'd be a lot more circumspect. In fact, what I'm suggesting is that you contract Iran's nuclear program, so there's less to inspect."
The end of this month has been set as the deadline for an agreement by negotiators.
The next round of talks is due to begin on 15 March.
Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful and only for civilian use.
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