Diplomacy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed by a number of American news shows yesterday explaining why the understandings reached last week  about Iran’s nuclear program would constitute a bad deal. He told Martha Raddatz of ABC’s This Week: Well, I’m — I’m sure they think it’s a good deal, but we...

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Noting that President Barack Obama’s stated goals for an acceptable nuclear deal with Iran in 2012 would see Tehran “‘[…] end their nuclear program’ and ‘abide by the U.N. resolutions that have been in place,'” an unsigned staff editorial published today in The Washington Post laments that the president has retreated...

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In the understanding reached on Thursday between the P5+1 global powers and Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland, there appears to be a discrepancy in the language on the sequencing of sanctions relief between the European Union/Iran join statement and a factsheet released by the Obama administration on the parameters of the...

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The P5+1 nations and Iran concluded an understanding to limit elements of Iran’s nuclear research and lift international sanctions on Iran today in Lausanne, Switzerland. Even as he praised the agreed-upon parameters, President Barack Obama raised doubts about Iran’s record of abiding by past international commitments. The New York Times reports on some the...

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An “agreement for a framework for a final agreement” between Iran and the P5+1 global powers has been agreed upon, in the words of the German Foreign Ministry, and will be announced in a press conference shortly. The parties plan on finalizing an agreement by June 30, the deadline of the interim Joint...

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Members of the senior staff of The Israel Project were profiled in an article published Monday in BuzzFeed about advocacy groups currently in Lausanne, Switzerland as that city hosts negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. Josh Block, the CEO and President of TIP, and Omri Ceren, TIP’s Managing...

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