Iran

Following the decision yesterday to extend nuclear talks between the P5+1 nations and Iran, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif boasted of what his nation accomplished in the talks. In remarks reported by Buzzfeed, Zarif made the dubious claim that Iran had a right to enrichment...

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The P5+1 powers on Monday failed to reach an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program following a year of negotiations, and announced instead that talks would be extended through June 2015. Buzzfeed Politics noted that the parties had “not even produced a framework agreement,” which Iranian officials had floated as likely...

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Media outlets in the Arab world are reporting today extensively on the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers, and largely denouncing the Western willingness to extend the deadline for achieving a nuclear agreement. According to certain commentators in Arabic language outlets, Iran held the upper hand in the last round of...

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Recent commentary in Gulf-based Arab media expresses concern that the nuclear negotiations between the West and Iran will weaken the standing of the Arab states. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) published a sampling of reaction across the region on Sunday. MEMRI summarized some of the themes it detected...

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VIENNA – As negotiations between the West and Iran over the country’s illicit nuclear program reached its deadline without any agreement, negotiators extended their target date for a comprehensive deal to June 30 next year, with a “political framework agreement” expected by March 1. However, according to an unnamed Western diplomat, the extension isn’t likely...

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As negotiations over the fate of its nuclear program continue in Vienna, Iranian officials have revealed shocking new statistics about the lives of women and children under the Ayatollahs’ regime, including the fact that 1.7 million children are currently working in Iran, according to the state-run News Network TV. Mostafa Fayzi, head of...

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