Nuclear Energy

RT | —- A nuclear deal with Iran based on current framework will “threaten the survival of Israel”, said PM Benjamin Netanyahu, warning it would increase the risk of a “horrific war.” In a phone conversation with the US President, the Israeli Prime Minister expressed his opposition to a framework agreement reached with [Iran] on […]

Iran

What’s at Stake in Nuclear Talks for Ordinary Iranians

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By Saideh Jamshidi Iran’s new round of nuclear negotiations with the United Nations is expected to be completed by March 31, today. But one thing is clear: Leader Ali Khamenei wants to gain as much as he can from this political dilemma. He might be the only one who can end to this political comedy […]

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Israel’s Netanyahu jumps Shark with “Iran-Lausanne-Yemen” axis barb

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, no longer allowed to sit at the adult table because of his past food fights, has been reduced, as Haaretz observed, to whining from the sidelines. Now he is complaining about an “Iran-Lausanne-Yemen” axis. The negotiations between Iran and the P5 + 1 (the […]

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Contrary to Israeli PM, alternative to realistic Iran Nuclear Deal is no Deal

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By Thomas Graham, Jr. | (Informed Comment) A possible agreement on the nuclear issue with Iran has been much in the news these days. The United States has been trying to restrain the Iranian nuclear program for more than 20 years with little to show for it until a so-called interim agreement between the Permanent […]

Constitution

The Letter: Top 5 Similarities of GOP and Iran Hard Liners

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – 47 GOP senators sent a letter to Iran on Monday warning that country that any agreement only signed off on by President Obama might not last longer than his last day in office. This intervention of the senate in a foreign policy matter is not, as some observers […]

Constitution

Iran FM Zarif Schools GOP Senators on Int’l Law: This is a UNSC Resolution

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From the web page of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Dr. Zarif’s Response to the Letter of US Senators Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that “in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda […]

Iran

Some Good News from the Middle East: Obama could end 36-yr U.S.-Iran standoff

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By Chris Toensing | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – There’s not much good news coming out of the Middle East these days. But one reason to take heart is the progress of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West. Even as new conflicts sprout up elsewhere, a three-decade standoff between Tehran and Washington could be […]

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Iran Reformers – Talks will Succeed: Netanyahu ‘not Influential,’ like Iran Hardliners

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – How did Iranian politicians react to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s anti-Iran speech to the US Congress? Iran’s first woman vice president, who has the Environment portfolio, Masoumeh Ebtekar, is in Paris these days and she spoke with AFP about the Netanyahu address. “I don’t think,” she said, […]

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What does Iran think of Netanyahu’s Interference in Talks?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes a bid to thwart President Barack Obama’s foreign policy toward Iran, the Iranian press is reacting to the wrench Netanyahu is trying to throw into negotiations over Iran’s civilian nuclear enrichment program. For some odd reason, US mass media are almost […]