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If the issue is nuclear weapons, yes, we too consider this type of weapon unacceptable,
Araghchi, Iran's lead negotiator in the talks, said in a televised speech
If U.S. seeks a diplomatic solution, it must abandon the language of threats and sanctions,
an unnamed Iranian official said,
I want it (nuclear agreement) very strong where we can go in with inspectors, we can take whatever we want, we can blow up whatever we want, but nobody getting killed. We can blow up a lab, but nobody is gonna be in a lab, as opposed to everybody being in the lab and blowing it up.”
Trump told reporters on Wednesday at the White House
Accessing Iran’s nuclear sites and ‘blowing up infrastructure’ is a fantasy past US presidents shared. Iran is independent, with strong defences, resilient people, and clear red lines,
Ali Shamkhani said in a post on X on Thursday
Talks serve progress, interests, and dignity, not coercion or surrender,
he saidEven if a formal agreement is reached, Iranian officials are uncertain whether it would yield actual economic benefits or if the country would be shielded from joint Israeli-American covert actions,
Kharratiyan said
The centrifuges could be made in Iran, ... but the enrichment would be carried out in a smaller country without nuclear-weapons ambitions."
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Maybe the military-industrial-congressional complex doesn't mind that policy and result, ... but I don't think the public supports it."
Hansen saidIf not for fundamental political constraints and the influence of pro-Israel lobbying, reaching a new deal would not be inherently difficult,
Kharratiyan said
At the end of the day, ... the best way to avoid an Iranian nuclear weapon is the same as it was when the Obama Administration agreed to the JCPOA—lifting sanctions in exchange for better safeguards on Iran's peaceful nuclear activities."
Lewis saidI don't think Iran is going to abandon enrichment, but it's possible that some face-saving compromise can be found for Trump like an enrichment 'pause' that allows him to claim that Iran stopped enrichment,
Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, told Newsweek
The problem with the nuclear fuel consortium is location, location, location,
Samore told NewsweekIf you put your thinking cap on, there is a way to skin this cat,
Rose saidThe best hope of peace in the Middle East, a result with global benefits, is an agreement among the major players there that includes cooperation that raises living standards of the poorer countries,
Hansen told NewsweekDonald Trump has long emphasized his vision of transforming the United States into the world's foremost magnet for foreign investment,
Mehdi Kharratiyan, head of the Institute for Revival of Politics think tank in Tehran, told NewsweekI think that would be a creative way to do it,
Rose said of the consortium proposalEven in the hypothetical scenario of presidential approval, ... U.S. companies would remain highly cautious due to the complex business environment in Iran, which includes legal and financial risks."
he addedIt seems like the Iranians have concluded that emoluments are the best strategy for getting sanctions lifted,
he addedIn theory, a compromise—possibly involving international oversight or a multilateral consortium for enrichment—could satisfy both parties,
he addedThe United States still has enormous potential to develop the most advanced, ultrasafe technology for peaceful use of nuclear power, which the current Administration wisely supports,
he added