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Obama: Window for Diplomatic Solution to Iran Nuclear Standoff Is "Shrinking"
(White House) After a meeting with UK Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama said Wednesday: "In the past there has been a tendency for Iran in these negotiations with the P5-plus-1 to delay, to stall, to do a lot of talking but not actually move the ball forward. I think they should understand that because the international community has applied so many sanctions, because we have employed so many of the options that are available to us to persuade Iran to take a different course, that the window for solving this issue diplomatically is shrinking." "I am determined not simply to contain Iran that is in possession of a nuclear weapon; I am determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon....It would trigger a nuclear arms race in the most dangerous part of the world. It would raise nonproliferation issues that would carry significant risks to our national security interests. It would embolden terrorists in the region who might believe that they could act with more impunity if they were operating under the protection of Iran." "So this is not an issue that is simply in one country's interests or two countries' interests. This is an issue that is important to the entire international community."