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International-UN-NGOs
Iran Nuke Talks Likely To Be Extended Past July 20
2014-07-18
[Ynet] Six world powers adjourn nuclear talks with Tehran early, but expect to extend negotiations past July 20 deadline.

Facing stubborn disputes on the terms of a deal, Iran and six world powers have tentatively decided to adjourn their nuclear talks two days early but plan to extend them past their planned July 20 end date, diplomats said Wednesday.
Dumb. Predictable, but truly blindingly stupid.
Both sides had been prepared to talk until Sunday, the informal deadline for the negotiations. But two diplomats have told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the talks will probably wind down Friday, because the differences won't be bridged by Sunday.
Or ever, at least until Iran's much-desired nuclear weapons are realized in the sufficiently plural.
The diplomats demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge confidential information. One said the two sides opposed going on until the final hours of the informal deadline because they felt that would give the impression they were desperate for a solution.
But extending the deadline doesn't look desperate? Fascinating.
The talks aim at a deal that curbs Iran's atomic programs in exchange for an end to the nuclear-related sanctions on the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 spoke of "very real gaps" Tuesday after two days of meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. White House front man Josh Earnest said that Kerry and President Barack Obama
I inhaled. That was the point...
were meeting Wednesday to discuss the "path forward" on the talks.

Obama said Wednesday there are "still significant gaps" and more work to do to reach a deal to get Iran to curb its nuclear program.

He said he will consult with Congress and allies to determine whether negotiations need to be extended after the July 20 deadline. He said that based on consultations with Kerry and his national security team progress has been made in several areas.

Russia, China, Britannia, La Belle France and Germany are also participating.

The main dispute is over uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of nuclear warheads.

Iran says it does not want such arms. Up to last week it insisted being allowed to expand its enrichment program over the next eight years to a level that would need about 190,000 current model centrifuges.
Yes, that does seem an unbridgeable difference.
It now has about 20,000 centrifuges, with half of them operating.
Three cheers for Stuxnet, et al!
Iranian officials have recently signaled they are ready to freeze that number for now.
Hudna!!!!
But Kerry said Tuesday that Washington has made it "crystal clear" that even 10,000 are too many.
And what, pray tell, is Washington prepared to do to make that point crystal clear to the Iranians? Other than prevent Israel from doing anything, I mean.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  A waste of our time and dangerous. It just plays into Iran's hand of extending their time for developing a nuclear weapon.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-07-18 09:01  

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