CBS News: Failure in Iran Nuke Talks ‘Is a Possibility’

MASON: “This morning the deadlocked Iran nuclear talks are at risk of collapse. Today, Secretary of State John Kerry said ‘we are working hard, we are pushing the talks have been extended yet again after failing to meet the third deadline in just two weeks.’ Margaret Brennan is in Vienna, Austria, where diplomacy is turning into a blame game. Margaret, good morning.”

BRENNAN: “Good morning. Secretary Kerry threatened once again to walk away from nuclear talks with Iran. But it is clear that after nearly two years of negotiations neither side wants to be the first to break-away.”

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KERRY: “President Obama made it very clear to me last night -- you can’t wait forever for the decision to be made. We know that. If the tough decisions don’t get made, we are absolutely prepared to call an end to this process.”

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BRENNAN: “Iran’s top negotiator Javad Zarif blame the U.S. and its negotiating partners for missing the deadline. He said they’ve changed their positions, backtracking from earlier agreements and are even bickering among themselves over how to lift the sanctions on Iran. Notably, he said that change in position came after a Wednesday conference call between U.S. negotiators here in Vienna and President Obama. What we do know, there is at least one point of agreement both American and Iranian diplomats say at this point failure is a possibility.”