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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/world/middleeast/iran-enters-nuclear-talks-in-a-defiant-mood.html
Iran Enters Nuclear Talks in a Freshly Defiant Mood
(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink - When Iran's nuclear negotiating team sits down with its Western counterparts on Tuesday, it will offer no new plans or suggestions, people familiar with the views of the Iranian leadership say. More likely, the Iranian negotiators will sit with arms crossed, demanding a Western change of heart. Iran's leaders believe that the effects of Western sanctions have been manageable. And Iran's leaders see that North Korea, which openly admits that it wants nuclear weapons, has performed three nuclear tests without suffering any real penalties. As a result, Iran's leaders feel that they, not the West, hold the upper hand in negotiations.