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(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday he was not optimistic about upcoming nuclear talks with world powers but was not opposed to them, the official news agency IRNA reported.

A leading House lawmaker is calling on President Obama to publicly release the full text of the recently signed Iran nuclear deal, which is currently being held under lock and key in a secure compound on Capitol Hill.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have made progress in talks on the country's disputed nuclear program but there are still many outstanding issues, the watchdog's chief inspector said on Monday.

The Iranian regime said Sunday it has not granted the UN atomic watchdog access to the Parchin military site, where experiments relating to nuclear weapons development have occurred.
"Visiting Parchin is not included in the seven steps," the spokesman for the Iranian regime's atomic energy organisation, Behrouz Kamalvandi, told the state-run ISNA news agency, referring to elements of an agreement reached Sunday.

NJ.com- As an Iranian-American I am part of a community that has ties to a rich cultural and historical tapestry, to the often-beautiful Iranian landscape, and to its people, many of whom are close relatives. Like most of my fellow Americans, I believe that a military confrontation is unwise, and the consequences would be devastating for me both in here in the United States as well as in Iran.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean spoke out against the Obama administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran at a Capitol Hill briefing hosted by a controversial Iranian dissident group on Wednesday.