article_snippet.sent: but it does mean the Iranians being willing to meet us where there are still issues to deal with.
article_snippet.sent: So our friends need to decide whether our friends want to be with Iran based on respect or whether our friends want to continue based on pressure.
article_snippet.sent: The agreement stipulates a comprehensive approach to settling this issue, including IAEA verification of the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program and detailed provisions on lifting the sanctions.
article_snippet.sent: But it doesn't matter if Russia or Germany is comfortable with the details; the key is getting the United States and Iran on the same page, something that's hard given the decades of contempt and distrust.  
article_snippet.sent: You're talking here about an institutionalized relationship of hostility between the United States and Iran.
article_snippet.sent: For Iran, which insists Iran nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, a deal would mean relief from punishing economic sanctions.
article_snippet.sent: For the West, Iran would offer hope of improved relations with Tehran without the destabilizing threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb in the pipeline.
article_snippet.sent: That's why Iran is facing crippling sanctions in the first place: because many world powers felt many world powers could not trust Tehran, given Iran dealings with nuclear inspectors and in talks.
article_snippet.sent: The main sticking points at the moment are believed to be the pace at which U.N. sanctions on Iran will be lifted, how much nuclear research and development Iran will be able to maintain and whether Iran will ship Iran stockpile of enriched uranium out of Iran for reprocessing into a safer form.
article_snippet.sent: Obama is likely to face a stern challenge selling any deal to Congress, while hardliners in Iran will probably denounce it for being too harsh.
article_snippet.sent: Iran's power rises, with or without deal .
article_snippet.sent: Obama administration officials say that any agreement would involve heavy monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities.
article_snippet.sent: Obama administration officials insist no deal would be better than signing a bad deal.
article_snippet.sent: Further sanctions on Iran would most likely follow.
article_snippet.sent: But Obama administration officials say Obama administration officials fear Iran will redouble efforts to advance Iran nuclear program without any meaningful international inspections.