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    Iran Comes Back to the Bargaining Table

    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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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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. With elections scheduled in both the US and Iran, domestic politics could prevent major concessions by either side. We hear a variety of opinions on what might go right and what might go wrong.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Lata Pandya

      Assistant Producer, To the Point/Which Way, LA?

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Robin Wright

      contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center

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      Hooman Majd

      journalist and author

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      Melody Moezzi

      author, activist and attorney

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    2 of 3
    Iran Comes Back to the Bargaining Table on Nuclear Program
    1. 0:00The Latest from Syria
    2. 7:24Iran Comes Back to the Bargaining TableYou’re reading this
    3. 45:02George Zimmerman Appears in Court
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