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Report: U.S. May OK More Centrifuges in Iran Nuclear Talks


(Los Angeles Times) Paul Richter and Ramin Mostaghim - The Obama administration has sweetened its offer to Iran in ongoing nuclear negotiations, saying it might accept Tehran operating 4,000 centrifuges, up from the previous 1,300, the semiofficial Iranian Mehr news agency said Monday. Abbas Araqchi, a deputy foreign minister and nuclear negotiator, told the Iranian parliament's foreign affairs committee that the U.S. "made concessions," the news agency said. Ray Takeyh, an Iran specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the U.S. sweetener may encourage Iran to drag out negotiations to see what better offer it might receive after a few more months of talks.
2014-10-21 00:00:00
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