article_snippet.sent: Six world powers and Iran are still trying to reach a preliminary accord on reining in Tehran's nuclear program, after failing to agree crucial details such as the lifting of U.N. sanctions by a midnight deadline the day before .
article_snippet.sent: Journalists covering Iran nuclear program talks in Lausanne Switzerland were provided with a 'lid,' or promise that no news would be made, until at least the wee hours of Thursday morning, meaning news of a deal, if one is in the works, could come as early as Wednesday evening on the East Coast.
article_snippet.sent: While Iran nuclear program talks in Lausanne have been productive, we have not yet received the specific tangible commitments that the international community seeks.'
article_snippet.sent: Discussions were scheduled to cease at Midnight on Tuesday if Iran was still unwilling to agree to terms set forth by Russia, China, Britain, Germany, the U.S. and France, known globally as the P5+1.
article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama rejected the notion that U.S. was giving Iran too much 'leeway' in the talks, telling a reporter, we are 'insisting on a good deal.'
article_snippet.sent: A good deal, the White House said said on repeat, is one that would stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and the president will not accept a 'bad deal.'
article_snippet.sent: If diplomacy, fails, he said that the 'military option' would be considered as would additional sanctions.
article_snippet.sent: the White House has resisted bipartisan efforts to put new restrictions on Iran throughout the last several months, saying the White House would veto sanctions legislation if the White House came to the president's desk. '
article_snippet.sent: A source on the ground in Switzerland following talks told Daily Mail Online that it 'would shock everybody here' if Iran conceded to the international community's demands to significantly scale back Iran uranium enrichment program and ship out much of what its uranium enrichment program has already produced because 'there is no indication that the parties have moved.'
highlights_snippet.sent: White House wouldn't talk about next steps if a deal could not be reached but admitted that a 'military option' was on the table as well as sanctions .