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Iran nuclear deal: The devil remains in the details 

The White House denies any concessions beyond the 2015 deal. 

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his deputy and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, in Tehran on Aug. 16, 2022.
A picture shows a newspaper stall with a view of Etemad newspaper's front page bearing a title reading in Farsi "The night of the end of the JCPOA " and cover photos of Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his deputy and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, in Tehran on Aug. 16, 2022. — ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

The buzz is that the parties may be close to an agreement to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). 

So close that Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sent a message to the White House to walk away from the negotiations and avoid concessions above and beyond the original 2015 agreement.  

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