(New York Times) David E. Sanger - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossain Amirabdollahian said Friday that in return for agreeing to limits on its nuclear program, his country would demand far more sanctions relief than it received under the 2015 nuclear deal, pointing to a looming impasse with the U.S. Moreover, Amirabdollahian told the New York Times on Thursday, "We will not have a so-called 'longer and stronger' deal," as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested. Amirabdollahian's rejection of any tougher or extended nuclear agreement signaled that Iran intends to preserve the time frame of the 2015 agreement, with restrictions on nuclear fuel largely expiring in 2030. There is increasing concern in the West that a duration that seemed long enough in 2015 looks disturbingly short in 2021. Inside the White House and the State Department, there is now an expectation that the Iran nuclear talks could spill into next year, and could collapse entirely.
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