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Source: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142219/dennis-ross/how-to-muddle-through-with-iran
No Agreement Seen as Iran Nuclear Talks Deadline Looms
(Foreign Affairs) Dennis Ross - Hardly anyone involved in the Iranian nuclear negotiations has expressed optimism about meeting the Nov. 24 deadline for a comprehensive agreement. A rollback of the Iranian nuclear program in return for a rollback of sanctions seems increasingly beyond reach. One possibility would be an extension of the negotiations under the current terms. Yet this would essentially recognize a new status quo for Iran's nuclear program, in which Iran is only two or three months away from being able to break-out to producing weapons-grade enriched uranium. The writer served as special assistant to President Obama and as a senior director at the National Security Council.