New York Times | Deeper Mideast Aspirations Seen in Nuclear Deal With Iran New York Times WASHINGTON — As he struggles to sell his nuclear deal with Iran to resistant Republicans and Democrats in Congress, President Obama describes it in the narrowest possible terms, as a limited transaction in which Tehran gives up the bomb in return for ... Irans foreign minister: Israel should disarm, too Obama tells liberals: I can't carry Iran deal on my own Iran has signed a historic nuclear deal – now it's Israel's turn |
Wall Street Journal | Iran's Closed Covenants Wall Street Journal “Confidential agreements, but no secrets” is the way top U.S. negotiator Wendy Sherman describes the deals, which are thought to concern the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programs. Try parsing that distinction. And while you're at it, consider ... UN nuclear chief to talk to Senate critics of Iran nuke deal Top U.N. nuclear inspector to brief senators on Iran deal Trust No One, Risk Everything: The Administration's Iran Strategy |
USA TODAY | Heat index in Iran hits staggering 163 degrees USA TODAY Bandar Mahshahr, Iran, soared to a staggering heat index of 163 degrees Friday afternoon as a heat wave continued to bake the Middle East, already one of the hottest places on earth. "That was one of the most incredible temperature observations I have ... No Foreseeable Relief After Iran City Feels Like Exceptional 163 F Iran's heat index is literally off the charts, and this is what it feels like Iranian city feels like 73 C as heat wave smothers Middle East |
EU lifts sanctions on two Iranian oil producers BBC News While the decision to remove the two companies was not related to the recent nuclear agreement, Pavani Reddy, managing partner of law firm Zaiwalla and Co Solicitors, said she hoped the warming relations between Iran and the west would ensure her ... |
New York Times (blog) | Opinionator | Need a Kidney? Not Iranian? You'll Wait. New York Times (blog) Iran's system has many deficiencies — not least that the very idea clashes with ethical norms observed in many other countries — and the program varies greatly from region to region. But its chief advantage is this: People who need kidneys get them ... |
Kerry off to Mideast With Egypt, Iran Deal, Syria on Agenda ABC News Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East on Friday for security talks in Egypt and discussions in Qatar with Arab foreign ministers whose countries are wary of the nuclear deal struck with Iran. He will not visit Israel, America's ... |
Wall Street Journal | Argentine President Defends Her Country's Iran Deal Wall Street Journal Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is using the nuclear accord between Iran and world powers to defend a much-criticized deal her own government made with Tehran nearly three years ago. That 2013 accord, to create a “truth commission” with Iran to ... Argentina confronts US over Iran deal exonerating suspect wanted in 1994 bombing |
Forbes | Market Wrong On Iran Oil Shipments, Barclays Says Forbes The return of Iranian barrels is likely to be delayed until at least mid-2016, meaning there will be no supply gut in the near future. Barclays Barclays Capital analysts led by Mike Cohen in New York said Friday that the market has priced in Iran's ... Cheap Iranian oil not likely to harm renewables |
Politico | Obama gets personal with Dems on Iran Politico Obama dived into his pitch on the Iran nuclear deal, demonstrating his command of the nuances as lawmakers peppered him with questions. But the president who has infamously shied away from hardball politics when it comes to selling his policies also ... Congress Must Reject the Iran Deal Top French Official Contradicts Kerry on Iran Deal Obama: Some Democrats getting 'squishy' in support of Iran deal |
The New Yorker | “Death to America!” and the Iran Deal The New Yorker “Is it the policy of the Ayatollah, if you can answer for him, that Iran wants to destroy the United States?” the Texas Republican Ted Poe, of the House Foreign Relations Committee, asked Secretary of State John Kerry, on Tuesday. “I don't believe they ... Opening Iran Kerry: Iran's "Death to America" Doesn't Mean They Want to Kill Us |