article_snippet: The Obama administration, on the other hand, is making a strong and credible case that the deal The Obama administration is pursuing would block Iran's pathways to developing the fissile material necessary for a bomb and extend the time for Iran to produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a bomb from today's estimated three months to at least a year.
article_snippet: Without a deal, Iran would revert to building up Iran stockpile of nuclear uranium, while the international community would lose the ability to monitor and track Iran's activities.
article_snippet: As Rice said: "Here's what's likely to happen without a deal.
article_snippet: And, we'll lose the unprecedented inspections and transparency we have today.
article_snippet: And if the United States was seen as walking away from a possible agreement, the international sanctions regime would likely crumble, not strengthen.
article_snippet: Iranian hard-liners who oppose an agreement would be back in the driver's seat in Tehran, while those would want to see Iran rejoin the international community would be discredited and sidelined.