Gaming the Iran Negotiations: Buying Time Versus Facing Failure
- At the Iran nuclear negotiations in Switzerland, the date widely called a deadline -- March 31 -- is written in pencil, not carved in stone. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are working under self-imposed pressure to conclude a framework by then. If they reach some agreement, that will buy them till June 30 -- the actual deadline -- to conclude a comprehensive accord intended to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear-weapons state. Most officials say they expect Iran and six world powers to ...
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