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Kerry Presses Iranians to Prove Nuclear Work Is for Peaceful Purposes
(New York Times) Michael R. Gordon - One day after Iranian President Rouhani assured the world that his country did not aspire to develop nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Kerry pushed back on Friday, challenging him to demonstrate that the Iranian nuclear program was peaceful. Kerry said that Tehran must accept extensive verification, abandon plans to build a heavy-water reactor that can produce plutonium, and resolve longstanding concerns by the International Atomic Energy Agency over past Iranian compliance.