Iran rebuffs Israeli PM #39;s Congress speech as lie-spreading Iranophobic
Iran has denounced the Israeli prime minister #39;s speech to the US Congress as lie-spreading, Iranophobic and part of an election campaign for Tel Aviv hardliners ahead of the March 17 polls....
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Rouhani rejects Netanyahu #39;s anti-Iran speech as "Ludicrous"
Iran #39;s President Hassan Rouhani has rejected as ludicrous the anti-Iran remarks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at US Congress on Tuesday. Rouhani says Iran is determined to...
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WASHINGTON Mon Mar 2, 2015 6:57pm EST
1 of 2. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Library of the White House in Washington March 2, 2015.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, U.S. President Barack Obama told Reuters on Monday.
Interviewed at the White House, Obama moved to dial back tensions over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress on Tuesday opposing the Iran deal, saying it was a distraction that would not be "permanently destructive" to U.S. Israeli ties.
But he strongly criticized Netanyahu's stance and stressed there was a "substantial disagreement" between them over how to achieve their shared goal of preventing Israel's arch foe from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Talks between major powers and Iran to restrict Tehran's nuclear capabilities in exchange for an easing of sanctions have reached a critical stage ahead of an end of March deadline for a framework deal and a June 30 date for a final agreement.
Obama's comment about the time frame for a freeze represents one of the U.S. government's strongest signals yet of its red line for a successful deal.
If, in fact, Iran is willing to agree to double-digit years of keeping their program where it is right now and, in fact, rolling back elements of it that currently exist ... if weve got that, and weve got a way of verifying that, theres no other steps we can take that would give us such assurance that they dont have a nuclear weapon," he said.
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Iran and its negotiating counterparts are close to an agreement on reining in Iran's nuclear program to achieve a one-year breakout, but the two sides made little progress in the latest round of negotiations on reaching a consensus on Iran's nuclear research program and the lifting of sanctions, according to a source knowledgeable of the talks.
Iran is pushing for all United Nations Security Council resolutions to be lifted immediately following a deal, the source said. American negotiators are willing to lift punitive U.N. Resolutions on Iran, but not those related to nuclear proliferation.
And Iran is also reluctant to give up its development of more advanced centrifuges, the source said.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met twice on Wednesday and will meet again March 15.
In remarks after the meetings, Kerry said the negotiations remain "tough and intense" and insisted that negotiators are working to achieve "the right deal."
"We've made some progress from where we were, but there are still significant gaps and important choices that need to be made," Kerry said. "he purpose of these negotiations is not to get any deal; it's to get the right deal, one that can withstand scrutiny."
The negotiating parties are close to an agreement on cutting down Iran's nuclear infrastructure to hold Iran to a one-year breakout time. That would ensure Iran would not be able to produce a nuclear weapon in under a year by reducing the number of centrifuges in operation and the processing of its uranium stockpiles.
Kerry also made a veiled reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push to undermine the talks, which the Israeli leader has claimed are leading to a bad deal.
Negotiators must broker an initial agreement by the end of the month and pressure is ramping up in the United States after Netanyahu warned Congress that the Obama administration is brokering a "bad deal."
Kerry took a veiled swipe at those efforts on Wednesday as he insisted that "we aren't going to be distracted by external factors or politics" and -- echoing President Barack Obama -- pointed out that "no one has presented a more viable, lasting alternative" to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
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Iran nuclear talks hit speed bumps