Welcome to the Forward’s coverage on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Here you can find plenty of information, old and new, on the 2015 agreement that eased sanctions on Iran to keep Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump pulled out…
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News Where Do Jews Stand On Iran Deal? Don’t Ask The Polls.
In the battle over the nuclear deal with Iran now consuming the Jewish community, rival parties are strongly convinced they not only have truth on their side, but also the hearts of the Jewish community, and of the American public. “Americans increasingly disapprove of Iran deal,” read an email blast sent from the American Israel…
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News The Forward’s Own Jewish Look at Iran in 2015
On Tuesday, August 4, Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance posted the news that several journalistic organizations had been granted visas to visit and report on the Islamic Republic. Among them was the Forward. By then, Larry Cohler-Esses, our assistant managing editor for news, had already arrived back in New York after a seven-day…
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Fast Forward GOP Candidate Say They Would Nix Iran Deal
Republicans in their first presidential debates said they would undo the Iran nuclear deal. “What happened in Iran is a disgrace and it’s going to lead to destruction in huge parts of the world,” Donald Trump, the real estate magnate leading in the polls, said Thursday In the second of two debates broadcast by Fox…
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Fast Forward Senator Chuck Schumer to Announce Opposition to Iran Deal
U.S. President Barack Obama’s hopes of preserving the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers were dealt a setback on Thursday when Chuck Schumer, one of the top Democrats in the U.S. Senate, said he would the oppose the agreement. Schumer’s opposition, announced in a lengthy statement, could pave the way for more of Obama’s…
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Opinion I Won’t Give Iran a Hall Pass to Nuclear Warfare
During a presidential debate in 2012 referring to the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, President Obama declared to the American people that “the deal we’ll accept is the end of their nuclear program.” In the coming weeks, Congress will debate the Iran Nuclear Agreement recently announced by the president. After reading the deal, I participated…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Tells Netanyahu to Play Nice With Obama
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to repair the damaged relations with U.S. President Barack Obama. “I think they are very similar in nature, and are able to upset each other,” Rivlin told the Israeli daily Yediot Acharonot in an interview, one of several he gave this week to the Israeli media….
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Fast Forward Full Transcript: Obama’s Speech on the Iran Deal
President Barack Obama is continuing to advocate for the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran. Here is a full transcript of his remarks on Wednesday at American University in Washington, D.C. OBAMA: Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you very much. I apologize for the…
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Fast Forward American Jewish Committee Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal
The American Jewish Committee has come out against the Iran nuclear deal. Among mainstream national organizations, AJC joins the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Orthodox Union in opposing the deal. A broad range of mainstream groups, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, have yet to…
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