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Britain's Top Diplomat: Iran Nuclear Deal Can be Saved

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   British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Monday that the
   international deal on Iran's nuclear program "isn't dead yet," and that
   while the opportunity to find a resolution to the current crisis
   surrounding the agreement is closing, it is still possible to keep it
   alive.

   He spoke ahead of talks with other European Union foreign ministers in
   Brussels where they planned to discuss the Iran situation.

   The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was agreed to by Iran and a
   group of world powers that included Britain, China, France, Germany,
   Russia and the United States to allay concerns Iran was working to
   develop a nuclear weapon.

   Iran has long said its nuclear program was solely for peaceful
   purposes, and it won badly needed relief from sanctions in return for
   limiting its nuclear activity far below what would be needed to make a
   weapon.

   Hunt said Monday that Iran was more than a year away from having the
   capability to build a nuclear device.

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