Iran says nuclear deal within reach by Nov. 24, no alternatives

[Jefferson23]

DUBAI: Iran sees no alternative to a diplomatic settlement with six world powers on its nuclear program and believes both sides are resolved to reach a deal by a self-imposed Nov. 24 deadline, its deputy foreign minister said Saturday.

Mohammad Javad Zarif is holding talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and senior European Union envoy Catherine Ashton in Oman Sunday to try to narrow big gaps before full negotiations formally resume in Vienna on Nov. 18.

The decadelong standoff over Western suspicions that Iran has covertly sought to develop the means to build nuclear weapons - something it denies - has raised the risk of a wider war in the turbulent Middle East.

"No middle solutions exist and all our thoughts are focused on how to reach a settlement," Abbas Araqchi, the deputy foreign minister and Iran's chief negotiatior, told the state news agency IRNA.

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[randys1]

1. Thread somewhere about Obama making behind the scenes calls on getting this done

Imagine if some complete moronic tool dipshit like Romney or Rand Paul were in the WH dealing with this

MY GOD what a mess that would be


the behind the scenes stuff was about getting Iran to help us with ISIL or ISIS...a brilliant move actually

dear god help the planet if a republican chickenshit chickenhawk gets WH

[Jefferson23]

2. Yep, no doubt about it. n/t