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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0510/Iran-nuclear-talks-Are-sanctions-on-the-table
Iran Seeks a Lifting of Sanctions in Upcoming Talks
(Christian Science Monitor) Scott Peterson - A senior Iranian figure stated that Iran's "minimum expectation" for the upcoming negotiations on May 23 was a lifting of some sanctions. Yet sanctions are notoriously hard to remove. In the U.S., the power to adjust American sanctions resides not with President Obama but with Congress. Administration officials say that "sanctions relief is not on the table unless and until we see substantial concessions" from Iran, says Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist at the Brookings Institution in Washington.