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Fast Forward Jews Join Israel in Slamming Iran Deal
Israeli leaders, and Jewish groups condemned the final Iran nuclear deal announced Tuesday. “When you are willing to make an agreement at any cost, this is the result,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday morning, before the details were officially announced. “From the initial reports we can already conclude that this agreement is an…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Warns Congress Not To Block Iran Deal
President Barack Obama heralded a nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday as an opportunity worth seizing and warned Congress he would veto any legislation that prevented its successful implementation. Obama, speaking at the White House, said every pathway for Iran to get a nuclear weapon was cut off under the agreement. The deal was built…
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News Iran and World Powers Clinch Historic Nuclear Deal
Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East. Reaching the agreement did not bury the controversy of one of the most bitterly contested diplomatic issues of the day: the European Union called it a “sign…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Javad Zarif Closed Deal With Big Smile — and Tough Bargaining
It is hard to picture Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers without the beaming face of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who, in reaching a deal, has shown the power of what Iranians call his ‘smile diplomacy’. The 55-year old career diplomat led Iran’s negotiating team in concluding a deal with world powers in Vienna…
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Fast Forward No Deal Yet as Iran Nuclear Talks Drag On
Iran and six world powers were close to clinching an historic pact on Monday that would bring Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, but an Iranian negotiator said he could not guarantee a deal was imminent. “I cannot promise whether the remaining issues can be resolved tonight or tomorrow night….
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Fast Forward Iran: No Nuclear Deal Announcement Coming Sunday
Iran’s foreign minister said a possible nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers would not be announced on Sunday. “We still have got work to do and no deal will be announced on Sunday … also there will be no extension after tomorrow,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters. Iran and the powers said they…
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Fast Forward Iran Nuclear Talks Expected To Yield Provisional Agreement Today
Nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers are expected to end Sunday with a provisional agreement. Unnamed diplomats told the Associated Press on Sunday that final details were being worked out and that an official announcement of the deal would come on Monday. The seven countries involved in the talks will then have to…
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Fast Forward Iran Accuses West of Backtracking as Nuke Talks Drag On
Iran accused major powers on Friday of backtracking on previous pledges and throwing up new “red lines” at nuclear talks, after the deadline to reach an agreement in time to receive expedited scrutiny from the U.S. Congress expired with no deal. Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a deal was unlikely to be reached…
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