US plays down 10-year Iran deal

The White House on Tuesday denied it was seeking a nuclear deal with Iran that would last just 10 years, a timeframe critics say is inadequate. "There are some who are making the case publicly that we are in favor of a deal that would just be 10 years in duration, and that is not accurate," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Israel and some domestic critics say a decade-long agreement -- even one which on conclusion would leave Iran at least a year away from building a bomb -- op