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West Says Rifts Remain over Iran Nuke Pact
(AP-Washington Post) Two Western diplomats said Thursday that Iran and the West are not much closer than they were in February on an agreement aimed at putting constraints on Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. The West wants to limit Iran to 3,000 centrifuges to churn out enriched uranium. Iran last week insisted it needs 100,000. The West wants Iran to reconfigure a nearly finished reactor that would produce substantial waste plutonium, another pathway to nuclear arms. Iran is refusing. The U.S. wants a heavily fortified underground enrichment facility shut or repurposed. Iran says no.