(New York Times) David E. Sanger - The U.S. and its European allies appear on the cusp of restoring the deal that limited Iran's nuclear program, Biden administration officials said on Monday. A senior administration official said the talks had reached the decision-making stage. Restoring the deal from 2015 would mean all limits on the production of nuclear material would still expire in 2030, at which point Iran would be free to resume the kind of fuel production it has underway now. The new deal would not limit Iran's missile development or halt Tehran's support for terrorist groups or its proxy forces, which have stirred unrest across the Middle East. Ali Akbar Salehi, former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said, "it appears that the nuclear negotiations will reach the end result that we have in mind." Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said, "Any nuclear deal will allow Iran to take patient pathways to nuclear weapons as key restrictions expire and tens of billions of dollars flow into the coffers of the regime to finance its destructive activities."
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