As negotiations continue between the Western powers and Iran over the country’s illegal nuclear program, a front page article in The New York Times today documented the difficulty the West would have in fashioning an agreement that would account for Iran’s hidden nuclear research. Unstated is the fear of a more problematic...

The Western nations currently negotiating with Iran over the fate of the country’s illicit nuclear program will “likely stop short of demanding full disclosure of any secret weapon work by Tehran,” according to a report in Reuters: Officially, the United States and its Western allies say it is vital that Iran fully addresses...

VIENNA – With the deadline to reach an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program only days away, negotiators in Vienna are working to bridge what U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today called “big gaps” in negotiation demands. In addition to multiple meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and various European diplomats, Kerry consulted with Israeli Prime...

An analysis published on the Foreign Policy Initiative website yesterday by Thomas C. Moore, a former staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, proposed three ways that the outgoing Congress could influence the outcome of a nuclear deal with Iran. While acknowledging that “Congress has no immediate tools available to block...

Arab media sources are reporting on tensions between Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the two key allies of Iran in the Middle East. Sources close to Hezbollah admitted that the organization is suffering from “difficult days” in its war in Syria against local opposition groups attempting to overthrow Assad. According...

VIENNA – Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have reached an impasse as foreign ministers from Iran and the P5+1 powers have announced that they are leaving Vienna, where talks have been ongoing for the past few days. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will be traveling back to Tehran later today, reportedly...