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Iran likely to extend UN nuclear monitoring agreement by a month

Nation earlier said inspectors may no longer get nuclear site images

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian President
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President Hassan Rouhani

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Iran is likely to extend a key international nuclear inspections agreement by one more month, buying further time for world powers to revive a landmark 2015 accord and bring the US back into the pact.
 
An extension of the interim agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency would avert a potential crisis in the multilateral negotiations. Diplomats warned last week after the fourth round of talks that failing to extend the monitoring agreement could scuttle talks in Vienna.
 
Iranian state TV reported, citing a source close to the country’s Supreme National Security Council, that the extension will be

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