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Fast Forward Iran Leader Hassan Rouhani Suggests Peace With Israel Is Goal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a new television interview, said his country is not seeking war and that Iran wants the Middle East to have “rule by the will of the people.” His comments came during the second part of an interview with NBC News that aired on Thursday, just days before he travels to…
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Opinion What Iran Leader’s ‘Shana Tova’ Tweet Really Means
President Obama has now confirmed that he has indeed exchanged letters with Iran’s new president, Hassan Rowhani. It is but one of a flurry of recent signals that the United States and Iran are considering direct talks in an effort to see if they can diplomatically resolve concerns over Iran’s nuclear program. Asked by George…
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Fast Forward President Hassan Rouhani Says Iran Will ‘Never Develop Nuclear Weapons’
WASHINGTON – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a television interview on Wednesday that his government would never develop nuclear weapons and that he has full authority to negotiate a nuclear deal with the West, NBC News reported. Speaking to the U.S. network at his presidential compound in Tehran, Iran’s new president also said the…
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Fast Forward Israel Accuses Iran of New Nuclear ‘Deception’
Israel accused Iran on Wednesday of using “deception and concealment” to buy time for its nuclear programme, signalling scepticism about the new Iranian president’s move away from the hardline stance of his predecessor. Israel, believed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed power, also said an Arab push to single it out for criticism at…
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Israel News Israel Forges Close Ties With Azerbaijan — Both Eye Iran
(JTA) — With less than a month to go until presidential elections, the moustachioed smile of Ilham Aliyev stares down at his countrymen from giant posters scattered around this bustling metropolis on the Caspian Sea. The Azerbaijani president has been in office since 2003 and is widely expected to be re-elected, extending the leadership of…
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Fast Forward Kerry Reassures Netanyahu on Bid To Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israel on Sunday a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons would be effective, addressing concern that a lack of resolve would embolden Iran in its nuclear drive. “We cannot have hollow words in the conduct of international affairs, because that affects all other issues, whether Iran or…
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Fast Forward Israel Won’t Ratify Chemical Arms Treaty Before Its Neighbors Do, Officials Say
With Moscow and Washington now discussing a diplomatic deal that would rid Syria of its chemical weapons, officials in Jerusalem are preparing for the possibility that Israel will be asked to submit to supervision of the chemical weapons that foreign reports say it possesses. In the past few days, Foreign Ministry officials note, senior Russian…
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Fast Forward Israel Happy But Wary of Iran’s Rosh Hashanah Greeting
Israelis reacted with a mixture of pleasant surprise and wary scepticism on Friday to reports that the new Iranian president and his foreign minister had both issued greetings to mark the Jewish New Year. Relations between the two countries have been dire for years, with Israel threatening to attack the Islamic Republic over fears it…
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