(VOVworld) - US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Iranian counterpart to try to reach a deal over on Iran’s nuclear program drive, a US official said Thursday. "Secretary Kerry will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister (Mohammad Javad) Zarif in Munich on Saturday, a senior State Department official said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) shakes hands on January 14, 2015 with US State Secretary John Kerry in Geneva. AFP/Rick Wilking

The top-level meeting comes as negotiations involving the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany, and Iran aim to hammer out a complex deal on Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Negotiators are eyeing the end of March for a political agreement, earlier than the previously set June 30 deadline.