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Opinion After Iran Deal, Time for Bibi To ‘Reassess’ Quixotic Fight
The public debate over the emerging nuclear deal has been waged in recent weeks mostly ex parte: the critics have had the stage mostly to themselves. Out of concern for the ongoing talks and uncertainty about their end result, President Obama and administration officials have maintained a relatively low profile and have left the criticism…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Now Demands Iran Recognize Israel as Part of Nuclear Deal
(Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that any final nuclear deal with Iran must include a commitment from Tehran recognizing Israel’s right to exist. Netanyahu, whose address to the U.S. Congress last month failed to stop the United States and five other major powers agreeing a framework accord with Tehran on…
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News Benjamin Netanyahu Angrily Denounces Iran Deal as ‘Path to Bomb’
(Reuters) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet on Friday to discuss the framework deal reached between world powers and Iran, after telling U.S. President Barack Obama in a phone call that he “vehemently opposed” the agreement. Obama called Netanyahu within hours of the deal being struck, saying it represented significant…
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Breaking News Is Iran Deal ‘Historic’ Global Breakthrough — or Calamity for Isael?
(Reuters) — Iranians celebrated in the streets after negotiators reached a framework for a nuclear deal that could bring their country in from the cold, hailed by U.S. President Barack Obama as an “historic understanding” with an old adversary. The tentative agreement, struck on Thursday after eight days of talks in Switzerland, clears the way…
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Breaking News Celebrations Erupt in Tehran After Nuclear Deal Announced
Celebrations broke out in Tehran on Thursday night as a landmark framework agreement for a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was announced. Videos posted on social media showed cars driving through the streets of Tehran with honking horns and passengers clapping. Twitter posts described people dancing in the streets of north Tehran and…
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Breaking News President Obama Praises ‘Good Deal’ With Iran To Rein In Nuclear Program
Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran’s nuclear program for at least a decade, a step towards a comprehensive accord that could end 12 years of brinkmanship, threats and confrontation. The tentative agreement, after eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, clears the way for talks on the future…
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Breaking News Israel Blasts Iran Deal as ‘Dangerous Capitulation’
Israel dismissed celebration of a nuclear framework deal between major powers and Iran on Thursday as detached from reality and vowed to continue lobbying to prevent a what it called a bad final agreement. Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said after the announcements in Switzerland that “the smiles in Lausanne are detached from grim reality…
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News Deal or No, Lifting Iran Sanctions May Be Easier Said Than Done
During the long negotiations over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, there’s been a lot of attention paid to the heavy water facilities and centrifuges that Iran is operating, the enriched uranium it produces and whether an inspection regime can bring these facilities under stricter international control. But the other side of the equation, and no less complicated,…
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