US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold three-way talks later Thursday with his Iranian counterpart and EU foreign policy chief as they push for a nuclear deal in the next two months.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold three-way talks later Thursday with his Iranian counterpart and EU foreign policy chief as they push for a nuclear deal in the next two months.

Kerry will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and chief EU negotiator Catherine Ashton after several days of lower level talks in New York and as a November 24 deadline looms.

"We thought it was time to touch base at the foreign minister level, trilaterally, as another step in the process," a senior State Department official said.

"This will be a good opportunity to take stock of the work that has been done this week and discuss the path forward."