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The Iran nuclear talks: Failure was not an option

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Published July 15, 2015 4:01am ET
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The Iran nuclear talks: Failure was not an option
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, 2nd right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, left, talk to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP) | Carlos Barria

At the end of the day, one supreme reality kept the P5+1 negotiators in Vienna: the belief that the consequences of failure would be far worse than forging an imperfect deal on Iran’s nuclear program. It was this basic assessment of the stark alternatives that led to the historic accord signed yesterday in the Austrian capital.

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