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Mark Dubowitz, the director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank who has helped shape congressional sanctions on Iran and been a skeptic of the talks, said there could be creative workarounds in which both sides could claim victory on the centrifuges issue.
For instance, Dubowitz said, the pipes connecting the majority of the centrifuges could be removed and placed under supervision or destroyed. Under this plan, the Iranians could claim that all 19,000 centrifuges remained in place, while the major powers would be able to say that only a limited number are operational.
"I think President Obama clearly wants a deal, and has instructed the negotiators to get a deal, and has floated a number of creative proposals to accommodate the supreme leader's red lines," Dubowitz said adding that the proposals included "significant loopholes."
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"Will Iran dismantle its centrifuge infrastructure so that it has no uranium path to a nuclear weapon?" AIPAC asked in outlining the conditions for an acceptable Iran deal — language that could conceivably allow for an enrichment capability, as long as it falls short of a "path to a nuclear weapon."
Israel's hard line on enrichment made sense, Dubowitz said.
"It's actually helpful for the administration for the Israelis to talk about enrichment," he said. "It helps to make the case that the enrichment has to be very, very small."
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