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Fast Forward Saudi Arabia To Make ‘Major Shift’ In Relationship With the United States
Upset at President Barack Obama’s policies on Iran and Syria, members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family are threatening a rift with the United States that could take the alliance between Washington and the kingdom to its lowest point in years. Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief is vowing that the kingdom will make a “major shift” in…
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Fast Forward Sanctions Relief Could Come for Iran Before Nuclear Program Is Suspended
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew suggested that sanctions relief could come before Iran fully suspends its suspected nuclear weapons program — a tactic rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lew, speaking Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said the United States would not ease sanctions until Iran took tangible steps to suspend its nuclear…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Hopes To Dim World Optimism on Iran
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday will seek to dim the optimism after nuclear talks with Iran, cautioning that Tehran is strengthening its strategic regional position by calling the shots in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad’s puppet master. In talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Wednesday, Netanyahu is expected to argue…
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Fast Forward U.S. Could Unfreeze Iranian Assets if Steps Are Taken To Curb Nuclear Program
The Obama administration is considering freeing up Iranian assets if Tehran takes specific steps to curb its nuclear program, a senior administration official said. The official, who was not named, told The New York Times that if the United States frees up Iran’s frozen overseas assets in installments, the Obama administration would avoid the political…
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Fast Forward Turkey Deliberately Revealed Israeli Spy Ring in Iran
JERUSALEM, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Turkey deliberately blew the cover of an Israeli spy ring working inside Iran in early 2012 and dealt a significant blow to Israeli intelligence gathering, according to a report in the Washington Post on Thursday. Officials in Ankara, speaking on condition they not be named, described the article as part…
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Fast Forward Iran Floats ‘Breakthrough’ Nuclear Plan at Talks With Big Powers
Iran said it presented “logical” proposals in talks with six world powers on Tuesday aimed at achieving a breakthrough in a decade-old standoff over its disputed nuclear programme that has heightened the risk of a new Middle East war. Tehran launched negotiations in earnest with the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, reflecting…
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Fast Forward United States Could Ease Sanctions Quickly if Iran Acts on Nuclear Promises
GENEVA, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The United States held out the prospect of quick sanctions relief for Iran on Monday if Tehran moves swiftly to allay concerns about its nuclear programme, although both countries said any deal would be complex and take time. Six world powers – the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and…
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Fast Forward Iran Jews Plead With Barack Obama To Grab Chance for Detente
The leader of Tehran’s Jewish community has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to take advantage of the “unrepeatable” opportunity to repair relations with Iran, AFP reported on Monday. “If the U.S. and the international community do not make the best of this golden and perhaps unrepeatable opportunity, then it will be in the benefit of…
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