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Obama Gains Leeway to Extend Iran Talks If Deadline’s Missed

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President Barack Obama has growing political leeway to extend the Iran nuclear negotiations if there’s no deal by the June 30 deadline set seven months ago.

An extension of the talks by days -- or longer -- seems increasingly likely as Iran and most of the other world powers involved in the negotiations have signaled doubt about being able to resolve all the issues in the next week.