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US-Iran Nuke Talks Continue amid Israeli Warnings

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The United States is moving forward with negotiations to reduce Iran's nuclear program.

After meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States is still focused on efforts to reduce Iran's nuclear activities.

In exchange, Iran wants an end to remaining sanctions, which it says has crippled its economy. 

Iran continues to insist its uranium enrichment program is strictly for peaceful purposes, but Washington fears it could be used to produce nuclear bombs.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned repeatedly that Iran's nuclear goals are by no means limited to peaceful purposes. On the anniversary of 9/11, Netanyahu said a nuclear-armed Iran would be "a terrorist regime with the greatest terror of them all."

"All you have to imagine is what would have happened on 9/11 if al Qaeda had nuclear weapons. You know they would have used them against New York and against Washington. It's unassailable. Once they have massive power, they will unleash all their violence," Netanyahu said.

A State Department official says Kerry and Zarif also discussed "the threat posed by ISIS."

Though Shiite Iran is itself a state sponsor of terrorism, its regime calls the Sunni Islamic State a common enemy.

A lack of trust between the U.S. administration and Iran has reportedly kept the two countries from publicly joining hands to defeat ISIS.

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