article_snippet: a senior U.S. official briefed on the matter
article_snippet: Both France and Britain are among the Western powers in the P5+1, a group that also includes the United States, Russia, China and Germany, whose representatives have been across the table from Iran.
article_snippet: And the Middle East would soon be crisscrossed by nuclear tripwires.
article_snippet: Iranian officials have said Iranian officials want a nuclear program for peaceful energy purposes.
article_snippet: And Iranian officials also want an end to the crippling sanctions which the United States and others have instituted to pressure Tehran.
article_snippet: U.S. officials have long insisted U.S. officials goal is to make sure that Iran doesn't develop nuclear weapons.