Merkel says hopes for compromise today in Iran nuclear talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she hoped a compromise would be reached later on Wednesday in talks between six world powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program.

"I hope and I wish that a compromise will be reached today that corresponds to the conditions we have set - namely that Iran gets no access to nuclear weapons," Merkel said at a news conference with the president of Kyrgyzstan.

All sides had made a lot of progress, she said, but "such negotiations only come to an end if there is agreement on all points."