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Breaking News Iran President Insists Trump Can’t Renegotiate Nuclear Deal
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that he was optimistic about the future of the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers, and said that U.S. President-elect Trump cannot unilaterally cancel the accord. “The president elect has shown he is not happy about the nuclear deal, calling it the worst deal ever signed. This…
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Breaking News Iran Nuclear Deal ‘on Life Support’:Trump Chief of Staff
(JTA) — The Iran nuclear deal is “on life support,” President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff said. Reince Priebus told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday that it is not clear how the Iran nuclear agreement will continue under Trump. “We all know that President-elect Trump doesn’t like the Iran deal, thinks it’s a…
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Breaking News Iran Insists It Won’t Renegotiate Nuclear Deal — Even If Trump Pushes New Sanctions
Iran will not renegotiate its nuclear agreement with world powers, even if it faces new U.S. sanctions after Donald Trump becomes president, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. Trump, who will take office on Friday, has threatened to either scrap the agreement, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program and lifts sanctions against it, or…
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Breaking News YNET: U.S. Intel Officials Tell Israel Not To Share Info With Trump Administration
(Haaretz) — Israeli intelligence officials are concerned that the exposure of classified information to their American counterparts under a Trump administration could lead to their being leaked to Russia and onward to Iran, investigative journalist Ronen Bergman reported by Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Thursday. The intelligence concerns, which have been discussed in closed forums…
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Breaking News Top Republican Senator Says Tearing Up Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Not Going To Happen’
The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Friday that Washington abruptly rejecting the Iran nuclear deal could create “a crisis” and said he did not expect that approach under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. “To tear it up on the front end, in my opinion, is not going to happen,” U.S. Senator…
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Breaking News John Kerry Claims Iran Nuclear Deal Among Foreign Policy Wins
WASHINGTON (JTA) – John Kerry in his final press conference as secretary of state listed the Iran nuclear deal and securing Israel as among the Obama administration’s accomplishments. The 2015 agreement between Iran and six major powers led by the United States “is a demonstration, quite simply, of the power of diplomacy to be able…
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Opinion The Top 10 Scribe Stories of 2016
2016 is almost behind us — and what a year it’s been for Scribe, the Forward’s contributor network. Since launching in July, nearly 250 contributors from 6 continents have shared their insightful, inspirational, and impactful stories, providing a 360 degree view of the world around us. Our Scribes not only come from all over the…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Tell Trump 5 Ways To Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said he would present to President-elect Donald Trump multiple options to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal. “There are ways, various ways of undoing it,” Netanyahu said in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday. “I have about five things in my mind.” He said he would…
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