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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Fast Forward Iran Nuclear Deadline Extended by 7 Days
Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week to reach a final nuclear accord after it became clear they would miss a deadline on Tuesday, with U.S. and Iranian officials sounding upbeat even though obstacles remain. With all sides accepting that Tuesday’s original deadline would come and go without an agreement, Iran and…
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Fast Forward Iran Nuclear Talks Resume as Deadline Looms
Senior U.S. and Iranian officials said hard work was still needed as they met in Vienna on Saturday for what could be their final negotiations to bridge significant differences on an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program. With a self-imposed deadline approaching on Tuesday, both sides emphasized that major obstacles remained to finalizing a deal…
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Fast Forward Bibi Says Iran Nuclear Deal Getting Even Worse
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that concessions to Iran are increasing as it approaches the deadline for its nuclear talks with world powers. Netanyahu referred to the June 30 deadline addressing the 163rd Pilots Course Graduation Ceremony on Thursday at the Hatzerim Israel Air Force base in Israel’s south. “The foremost threat that endangers…
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Opinion Why Right-Wingers Are So Angry That Israel Hasn’t Bombed Iran Yet
Amid all the fuss over Treasury Secretary Jack Lew getting heckled at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York on June 7, you might have missed the day’s biggest bombshell. I refer to the nasty smackdown that morning between Post columnist Caroline Glick, the poison-pen darling of the pro-Israel far right, and two of the…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Fiercely Heckled on Iran at Right-Wing Conference
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was booed as he laid out a detailed defense of the Iran nuclear deal at The Jerusalem Post’s annual conference in New York. The sole representative of the Obama administration at the conference on Sunday, Lew defended the White House’s commitment to protecting Israel amid rising global anti-Semitism and lauded the…
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Fast Forward Senate Kills Iran ‘Poison Pill’ Amendment as Ben Cardin Slaps Down Marco Rubio
(Reuters) — Senate rejected an effort on Wednesday to tie sanctions relief for Iran under an international nuclear agreement to a requirement that President Barack Obama certify that Tehran is not supporting acts of terrorism against Americans. A handful of Republicans joined Senate Democrats to reject by a 54-45 vote a proposed amendment offered by…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Observe Nuclear Pact Meeting, Hopes to Foster Dialog With Arab States
Israel will take part as an observer in a major nuclear non-proliferation conference that opens at the United Nations on Monday, ending a 20-year absence in hope of fostering dialog with Arab states, a senior Israeli official said. Assumed to have the Middle East’s sole nuclear arsenal, and having never joined the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Offers Alternatives to Iran Deal After Obama Criticism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to negotiate a better deal with Iran on its nuclear program and offered alternatives. Netanyahu’s statement on Sunday came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama told reporters that Netanyahu has not provided any alternatives to the framework agreement signed earlier this month. “The prime…
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