October 28, 2014 | The Tower

Analysts Worry Over “Cascade of US Concessions” as Iran Nuke Talks Near Deadline


Iranian leaders had demanded that the West cave on those issues, which they publicly described as red lines for the regime. The Washington Post on Sunday quoted Mark Dubowitz – executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies – worrying that further concessions were coming down the pike:

“Iran may not be willing to take ‘backward steps’ but one shouldn’t discount the possibility that there are cascade of US concessions before Nov. 24 that concede to Iran a higher starting enrichment cap than currently on the table followed by multi-phased and escalating enrichment capacity over a period of time,” says Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “This technical compromise may permit the Iranians to argue that they haven’t taken any steps backward since they have increased their latent enrichment capacity while the administration argues that it will take Iran some years to get back their actual enrichment levels to where they are today.”

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