Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, often described as a moderate, said that Friday’s observance of Qods Day is a time for Iran to “shout its hatred” of Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday. “People will tell the world on the Quds Day that the Muslim nations will never forget Palestine and occupation...

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In a brief statement today in Vienna, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the nuclear negotiations with Iran will be extended once again, though they are “not open-ended” and that the United States was “absolutely prepared to call an end to this process.” The Times of Israel reported: “Some tough...

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It would be a mistake from a number of perspectives for the United States to ally with Iran in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Iranian human rights activist Amri Basiri wrote in an article published on Tuesday in The Hill. Basiri argued that it...

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The ongoing nuclear talks have sparked an outpouring of hatred towards the United States in Iran, The New York Times reported today. The chants of “Death to America” and the burning of American flags in the streets are as familiar a part of life here as air pollution and traffic...

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Ahead of Friday’s commemoration of Qods Day, an Iranian holiday calling for the destruction of Israel, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a release stating that the annihilation of the Jewish state “is Muslims’ first priority,” Iran’s Tasnim New Agency reported today. The statement, issued on Wednesday, has called on the people of Iran...

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An Obama administration official has expressed concern that the billions of dollars in sanctions relief that will be awarded Iran after a nuclear deal could be used to promote terrorism, The Daily Beast reported today. “We are of course aware and concerned that, despite the massive domestic spending needs facing Iran, some...

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The Israel Project (TIP) was praised for “doing a remarkable job in tracking the ups and downs” of the nuclear talks between the P5+1 nations and Iran by an editorial published by The New York Sun on Monday. The editorial quotes from e-mails from Omri Ceren, TIP’s managing director for press...

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The administration’s response to a report of an Iranian violation of the Joint Plan of Actions (JPOA) suggests that the White House believes “overlooking Iranian cheating is easier than confronting it,” an unsigned staff editorial in The Washington Post asserted Tuesday. The editorial raised questions about the emerging nuclear deal...

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Citing comments made by White House officials as well as actions taken by the United States, Tony Badran, a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, concluded that the administration has “recogniz[ed] Iranian zones in the Levant as legitimate spheres of influence” in an analysis published today in Lebanon’s...

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In the wake of Tehran’s latest demands to have the United Nations Security Council lift its embargoes on Iran’s arms industry, nuclear negotiators missed their fifth deadline and agreed to extend talks until Friday, Bloomberg Business reported today. After almost two years, diplomats say they’re closer than ever to sealing an...

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