Washington Post | UN officials say Iran has slowed work on atomic facilities Washington Post The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran all but halted the installation of new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plants beginning in August, the same month that moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as president. Work ... Iran putting brakes on nuclear expansion under Rouhani: IAEA report Obama Calls for Patience in Iran Talks Iran's nuclear program has slowed almost to a halt, IAEA says |
BBC News | John Kerry: Tiny portion of Iran assets may be freed BBC News The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said a "tiny portion" of Iranian assets may be freed under a proposed deal on the country's nuclear programme. Iran and world powers came "extremely close" to a deal in talks in Geneva at the weekend, Mr Kerry ... |
The Times of Israel | Standing Up to America's Allies on Iran Bloomberg Israel and Saudi Arabia, the strongest U.S. allies in the Middle East, are maddened by the efforts of President Barack Obama's administration to reach a diplomatic settlement on Iran's nuclear program. This disagreement is unfortunate, but the White ... FP Passport: Why Saudi Arabia Hates the Iran Deal France playing 'cool guy' for Saudis in Iran talks Why is France harder on Iran than the US? |
How the Iran nuclear talks affect Israel's confidence in the U.S. as mediator PBS NewsHour To assess how the Iran nuclear negotiations are affecting the relationship between Israel and the U.S. and the American role in mediating Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Jeffrey Brown talks to Robert Satloff of the Washington Institute for Near East ... Keep pressure on Iran, Israel urges |
New York Times | A band that was too loud at home The Economist (blog) We're going to take care of you because if you go back they're going to persecute you or hurt you or kill you'," Ali Eskandarian told a reporter earlier this year, explaining why his band, The Yellow Dogs, had left artistically-stifling Tehran, the ... Scorned by His Fellow Musicians, a Refugee From Iran Was Looking to Kill |
New York Times | After Near Miss on Iran, Kerry Says Diplomacy Is Still the Right Path New York Times ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Secretary of State John Kerry came up a few disputed words short of closing a landmark nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday in Geneva. Now he is defending the diplomacy that led to that near miss against a rising chorus ... Iran was never ready to deal on nukes Iran negotiations vs. war: Our view Why did the Iran nuclear talks fall apart despite signs of hope? |
Israel says West discussed big sanctions cut with Iran Reuters As details emerged of a Western proposal that could let Iran sell oil and gold in return for curbs on its nuclear activities, an Israeli minister said the deal would negate up to 40 percent of the impact of sanctions, reducing pressure on Tehran to ... |
The oppression of Bahais continues in Iran Washington Post Public rites will be visible across Iran on Wednesday in honor of Ashura, a major Shiite festival commemorating the death of Hussein, Muhammad's grandson. But for Iranians who are not Shiite Muslims, public practice of their religion remains severely ... |
Why Negotiations With Iran Are Doomed Bloomberg If you want to figure out what went wrong in the first round of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, look no further than the news briefing by a “Senior Administration Official” in the U.S. State Department just days before Secretary of State John ... |
Iran and Western Powers Clash Over Why Nuclear Talks Failed New York Times TEHRAN — Less than a week before the next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, it is still not clear why the last round failed, and who exactly walked away from the deal. Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has laid the blame on the Western ... |