Iran talks, Kerry to meet Zarif Thursday in Lausanne
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L)

US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Switzerland for talks Thursday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on a deal to restrain Tehran's nuclear program, his office said.
Kerry's return to Lausanne will again feed speculation that the top world powers represented on the "P5+1" contact group are nearing an agreement with Tehran, with a March 31 deadline to agree the outlines of a deal looming.