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Iran Comes Back to the Bargaining Table on Nuclear Program
After more than a year since cancelling negotiation about its nuclear program, Iran's back at the bargaining table. But it's doubtful that talks, set for Saturday, will last.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAfter more than a year since cancelling negotiation about its nuclear program, Iran's back at the bargaining table -- or is it? Talks are scheduled to start on Saturday, but there's real doubt they'll last much longer than that. We get a preview. Also, an update on Syria, and George Zimmerman goes to court in the Trayvon Martin killing.
Banner image: The reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, 1200 kms south of Tehran, where Iran has began unloading fuel into the reactor core for the nuclear power plant on October 26, 2010. Photo by Majid Asgaripour/AFP/Getty Images
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After more than a year since cancelling negotiations about its nuclear program, Iran will sit down on Saturday with the US and other powerful countries. But nobody is predicting what to expect. Iran insists it is not developing nuclear weapons, but it's facing crippling sanctions and a possible Israeli attack.
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