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France's Fabius returning to Iran nuclear talks: foreign ministry

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (C) pictured during a break in a meeting with world representatives seeking to pin down a nuclear deal with Iran on March 31, 2015 in Lausanne

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is returning Wednesday to Switzerland to crunch nuclear talks with counterparts from Iran and other major powers, the French foreign ministry said as negotiations headed into a another night of hard bargaining. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said earlier Wednesday that Fabius would return to Lausanne, joining US Secretary of State John Kerry and Britain's Philip Hammond, "once (the talks) enter a decisive stage."