Can Iran and the United States Make a Meaningful Deal?

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

BY BERNARD GWERTZMAN

It appears increasingly likely there will not be a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program by the late-November deadline, says nuclear expert Gary Samore. Washington and Tehran, he says, remain too far apart on how large Iran's enrichment program should be, but they are interested in working out an extension of talks. An extension could be possible given progress in halting parts of Iran's nuclear work as well as the common aim Washington and Iran have in defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Samore says. "Both sides will have an interest in not allowing a confrontation or increased tension over the nuclear issue interfere with the campaign against ISIS," he says.

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