Washington Post | As It Makes Overtures to Iran, US Strives to Reassure Israel New York Times WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration embarks on a highly visible diplomatic overture to Iran, White House officials are engaged in a quieter, behind-the-scenes effort to reassure Israel that they will not fall for the charms of Iran's new ... US says open for Iran talks based on 'mutual respect' US, Iran Talk Nicely, but Nuke Progress Uncertain White House: Iran's positive talk due to sanctions |
Obama Finds a Pen Pal in Iran New York Times WASHINGTON — Few American presidents have held a deeper belief in the power of the written word than President Obama. And in few ways has that belief been more tested than in his frustrating private correspondence with the leaders of Iran, a country ... |
No time left for negotiations with Iran: Israeli minister Reuters Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said Iran still believed it had room for maneuver in dealing with world powers, and that unless it faced a credible threat of U.S. military action, it would not stop its nuclear activities. "There is no more ... |
Iran's Rouhani: Diplomat's touch, no pushover CNN (CNN) -- The less-than-confrontational comments coming from new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are not what the West is used to hearing from that country's office in recent years. Rouhani, a cleric and moderate politician elected in June, has ... |
NPR (blog) | Diplomacy With Iran: Deja Vu All Over Again? NPR (blog) Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, has launched a charm offensive ahead of his visit to the U.N. General Assembly in New York next week. There have been political prisoners released, tweets, letters exchanged with President Obama, a television ... |
New York Times | Iran Said to Seek a Nuclear Accord to End Sanctions New York Times TEHRAN — Iran's leaders, seizing on perceived flexibility in a private letter from President Obama, have decided to gamble on forging a swift agreement over their nuclear program with the goal of ending crippling sanctions, a prominent adviser to the ... |
Michigan lawmaker launches campaign to free American prisoner in Iran Fox News Armed with a one-paged pamphlet slightly larger than a post card, Kildee passed out information on an American from his district who has been held prisoner in Iran for the past two years. That prisoner, Amir Hekmati, a 29-year-old former Marine, was ... Iran should free its American prisoner: Column |
What Are the Motives Behind Iran's 'Charm Offensive'? PBS NewsHour Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is reaching out to the U.S. and the world in ways his predecessors never did. Gwen Ifill talks to Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson ... |
Iran's Leaders Signal Effort at New Thaw New York Times TEHRAN — A series of good-will gestures and hints of new diplomatic flexibility from Iran's ruling establishment was capped on Wednesday by the highest-level statement yet that the country's new leaders are pushing for a compromise in negotiations ... |
Straits Times | Hollande to urge Iran to help seek political solution for Syria Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande hopes to convince Iran to pursue a political solution to the civil war in Syria when he meets his Iranian counterpart next week, aides said on Friday. Hollande and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ... France's Hollande to meet Iran president at UN France's Hollande to meet Iran's Rouhani at UN French and Iranian presidents to meet at UN amid hopes Iran can help end ... |