Criticizing deal with Iran ‘premature’: US

The administration of US President Barack Obama says it is �œpremature” to criticize a deal being discussed in Geneva over Iran�™s nuclear energy program.

�œThere is no deal, but there is an opportunity here for a possible diplomatic solution, and that is exactly what we are pursuing,” Josh Earnest, deputy White House spokesman, said Thursday to reporters traveling with Obama on Air Force One to New Orleans.

�œSo any critique of the deal is premature,” Ernest added.

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