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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Jul 11, 2015, 03:44 PM Jul 2015

France Says "Decision Time" Has Come In Iran Nuclear Talks

Source: Reuters

* Iran, six powers aim to clinch deal by Monday

* Kerry tweets: "still difficult issues" to resolve

* Tehran, backed by Moscow, wants arms embargo lifted (Recasts with Fabius, adds Khamenei)

By Louis Charbonneau and John Irish

VIENNA, July 11 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister appeared to put pressure on the United States and Iran on Saturday to speed up nuclear talks, saying that all issues were now on the table between six major powers and Iran and that the time had to come to make a decision.

The two sides nevertheless struggled to break the deadlock in nuclear talks that has held up a historic deal that would bring sanctions relief for Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic programme.

Tehran and the six powers have given themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as the Iranian delegation accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal.

"Now that everything is on the table, the moment has come to decide," Laurent Fabius said in a statement sent to Reuters.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL8N0ZR0PT20150711

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France Says "Decision Time" Has Come In Iran Nuclear Talks (Original Post) Purveyor Jul 2015 OP

Jaw, jaw, is always preferable to War, war. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2015 #1

Iran is not going to agree to a deal Mosby Jul 2015 #2

I'm just waiting for the official announcement of the Russian/ Purveyor Jul 2015 #3

"buying time" for what karynnj Jul 2015 #4

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

1. Jaw, jaw, is always preferable to War, war.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 04:54 PM

Jul 2015

Unless the destruction of civilization is your goal. You know, like destroying govt. services and drowning the remnants in a bath tub.

Mosby

(16,320 posts)

2. Iran is not going to agree to a deal

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 04:59 PM

Jul 2015

They are just buying time.

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

3. I'm just waiting for the official announcement of the Russian/

Reply to Mosby (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 07:14 PM

Jul 2015

Iranian security pact...

karynnj

(59,504 posts)

4. "buying time" for what

Reply to Mosby (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 11:47 PM

Jul 2015

They are under the interim agreement that has frozen and moved their nuclear program back during the time that they are negotiating since November 2013. This is an agreement - that the critics of that deal and of any potential final deal - now praise as having worked better than expected. Some, bizarrely, suggested just keeping that deal rather than a final deal. (not a real option as Iran would never agree to that)

Iran wants the deal to eliminate sanctions and to allow them to "rejoin" the world. We want to ensure they can not get a nuclear weapon. If the talks fail, we will lose the monitoring that the interim deal has and it is entirely possible that they will get a nuclear weapon. In fact, there would be talk of airstrikes to destroy any facilities - something that would set them back less than the 10 years a deal could provide.

With a deal, neither side will get everything they want --- if it fails, neither gets anything they want. (other than if the neocons and Netanyahu get the US to attack.)

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