Speaking onIranat last night's State of the Union,President Barack Obamaavoidedearlier administration assertions that Iran hadalreadyagreed to dismantle part of its nuclear program,and would be required to do soin any final deal. Instead, hestuck tovague,boilerplate lines, saying that the interim agreement signed in Geneva last Novemberhad "haltedthe ...

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Israels prime minister says a permanent nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers is impossible as Tehran has made it clear that it will not dismantle its centrifuges. Benjamin Netanyahus remarks came shortly after Irans President Hassan Rouhani stipulated that Tehran would not dismantle any of its existing centrifuges "under any circumstances,...