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News Breaking Down What Iran Is Really Putting on the Table
What kind of nuclear proposal is Iran offering? So far, nothing publicly. The only agreement reached in the recent opening round of nuclear talks between the Islamic republic and the international powers negotiating with it was to not reveal the contents of their discussions. But that agreement has been kept only in part. According to…
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Israel News Grassroots Jewish Groups Push for Tough Line on Iran, Despite Barack Obama’s Thaw
Among longtime Iran experts, the consensus is virtually universal: The chances that Iran will agree to completely stop enriching uranium for its nuclear program in recently renewed negotiations are zero. But as negotiators consider shifting their focus to placing tough limits on how much uranium Iran may be allowed to enrich, to what degree, and…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Clashes With U.S. on Iran Nuclear Policy
U.S. and Israeli officials differed over Iran’s nuclear programme on Wednesday as Israel called for its effective dismantlement and the United States suggested better safeguards could assure that it is peaceful rather than military in nature. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke as they began seven hours of…
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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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