Expanding joint plan with Iran on uranium is best course for U.S.

Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Research Fellow with the International Security and Managing the Atom Programs at the Belfer Center, argues in the LA Times that while Iran may be unlikely to make the necessary concessions to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement, this does not mean that the United States and other P5+1 nations should abandon the negotiations. Rather, he suggests that the US seek to expand certain aspects of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA), such as providing slightly more access to frozen Iranian assets, in exchange for measures such as reducing the Iranian stockpile of low-enriched uranium or restrictions on research and development.