(Los Angeles Times) Paul Richter - Robert Einhorn, who was a special advisor on arms control at the State Department until May 2013, says the Iranians have been quietly extending what they claim they are entitled to on enrichment - what Einhorn calls "rights creep." Last year, the Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time that it could support Iran having a domestic enrichment program. But now Iran contends that it is entitled to produce enough enriched uranium to supply a huge nuclear power generation program by 2021. Instead of cutting back its capacity to a fraction of what it is today, as the West is now demanding, it wants to keep operating all the machines that are now producing; pursue unlimited research and development; limit the duration of the deal to eight years or less; and be free to expand to industrial scale once the deal lapses. If Iran sticks to these demands when talks resume, "it will ensure continued deadlock," Einhorn warned.
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