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Fast Forward Iranians Rally Behind Hassan Rouhani After Historic Call to Barack Obama
Hundreds of Iranians cheered President Hassan Rouhani on his return from New York on Saturday after his historic phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama but a smaller number of hardliners shouted “Death to America” and threw eggs and shoes at his official car leaving the airport, Iranian media reported. While an anticipated handshake between…
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Fast Forward How Barack Obama’s 15-Minute Call to Hassan Rouhani Made History
President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone on Friday, the highest-level contact between the two countries in three decades and a sign that they are serious about reaching a pact on Tehran’s nuclear program. The call is the culmination of a dramatic shift in tone between Iran and the United…
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Fast Forward Hassan Rouhani Wants Quick Nuclear Deal and Better Ties With West
New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday he wanted talks with major powers on Iran’s nuclear program to yield results in a short period of time and that the improved mood in U.S.-Iranian relations could lead to better ties. “The atmosphere (in Iran-U.S. ties) is quite different from the past,” Rouhani told a news…
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Fast Forward John Kerry’s ‘Shall We Talk’ Sparked Iran Thaw
First there was a handshake, then an invitation to talk and finally a 30-minute tete-a-tete that made for the highest-level official meeting between the United States and Iran in more than three decades. The opportunity for a rare meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, came after…
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Israel News AIPAC Pushes Tough Line on Iran as Nuclear Thaw Picks Up Pace
Emerging from a losing and ultimately aborted congressional battle to win approval of military action against Syria, the mainstream pro-Israel lobby is now launching a new drive to set the terms for a potential nuclear deal between the United States and Iran. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is launching its campaign — one much…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Looks Forward to ‘Good’ Nuclear Meeting With Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry said he looked forward to a “good meeting” with Iran and major powers on Thursday but would not address what Iran needed to do to show a genuine desire to address its nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif meets his counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Wary Tone on Iran After Barack Obama’s Speech Gives Mixed Signals
The good news for Israel in President Obama’s speech at the United Nations was his insistence that any steps Iran might take to solve the standoff over its nuclear program must be transparent and verifiable. The bad news was that Obama wasn’t clear about what those steps should be. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in…
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Fast Forward Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Wants a Nuclear Deal Within Three Months
Iranian President Hassan Rohani said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday that he wants to reach a deal with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program in three to six months. “The only way forward is for a timeline to be inserted into the negotiations that’s short,” Rohani was quoted as telling the Washington Post, through…
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