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Huge U.S.-Iran Gap on Nukes as Target Date Nears


(AP-ABC News) George Jahn - Recent high-level U.S.-Iran talks meant to pave the way to a final nuclear deal only highlighted the two nations' huge differences, say two diplomats, further diminishing expectations that a July 20 target date for agreement will be met. They said last week's discussions between U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left major differences unresolved. Iran wants to keep the almost 20,000 enriching centrifuges it now operates or has on standby. The U.S. demands that Iran run no more than a few hundred centrifuges, dismantle all on standby and agree to tight limits on how much enriched uranium it can stockpile.
2014-06-19 00:00:00
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