Over 360 members of the House of Representatives, including majorities of both parties, signed a letter notifying the White House that Congress won’t enact permanent sanctions relief for Iran unless representatives are convinced that the terms of the nuclear deal being negotiated will “foreclose any pathway to a bomb.” According to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his commitment to a peaceful two-state solution with the Palestinians, in his first post-election interview, with Andrea Mitchell of NBC. Netanyahu also expressed his pride leading people of all different ethnicities, downplayed his differences with President Barack Obama, and reiterated his concerns about a nuclear...

A draft of a nuclear deal that would remove economic sanctions and all restrictions on Iran’s nuclear activities in as little as ten years, while allowing the country to continue operating thousands of centrifuges, has been circulating in Lausanne, Switzerland, where the negotiations between the P5+1 nation and Iran are continuing, the Associated...

The victory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party in yesterday’s Israeli election reflected Israel’s very real “security concerns,” an unsigned editorial (Google link) in The Wall Street Journal asserted today. The editorial observed that “opposition leader Isaac Herzog also opposed Mr. Obama’s emerging deal with Iran.” In an associated...

Trying to head off a vote on legislation that would require Congressional review of a nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration is lobbying senators not to support the bill, Politico reported yesterday. The White House is moving aggressively to limit Democratic defections on Capitol Hill that could undermine its negotiations...

The human rights situation in Iran has worsened since Hassan Rouhani became president in August 2013, according to recent statements made by numerous human rights experts. Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, said yesterday that executions and human rights violations have actually increased under Rouhani. Shaheed asserted...