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Source: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-deal-20131218,0,7670834.story
U.S. Pessimism Sets in over Iran Nuclear Talks
(Los Angeles Times) Paul Richter - Three weeks after President Obama hailed a landmark deal to suspend most of Iran's nuclear program for the next six months, the mood among U.S. officials about the next round of negotiations has shifted from elated to somber, even gloomy. "I wouldn't say [chances of success are] more than 50-50," Obama said last week. The shift, officials say, is the result of a growing recognition of the compromises each side must make to resolve Western suspicion that Iran will someday try to build nuclear weapons and the Iranian demand that the sanctions crippling its economy be lifted.