Iran prevented a group of European Union lawmakers from holding a press conference with the foreign media in Tehran, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported yesterday. AFP reported that an Iranian security official threatened “action against reporters and photographers if they tried to film the incident.” Having called a press conference at their...

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The European Union issued a “cautionary” statement to Iran, saying the Islamic Republic must account for all of its past nuclear work if there is to be a comprehensive nuclear deal, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. It was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its delivery at a...

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After a spat between the Obama administration and The New York Times over a report on the growth of Iran’s nuclear stockpile, the think tank whose research undergirded the Times report released a new analysis (.pdf) today, in which they observed that the administration’s flustered reaction underlines potential weaknesses in an emerging nuclear deal....

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Iran continues to develop ballistic missile technology that can be used for nuclear weapons, despite the ongoing P5+1 talks over its nuclear program, according to a Pentagon report (.pdf) released to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Bloomberg Business reported Wednesday. The current nuclear talks, with a deadline of June 30, don’t address Iran’s missile...

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A retired ambassador with multiple postings in the Middle East warned the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that Iran remained a threat to destabilize the region and that a nuclear agreement would not signal “a change of heart about its ultimate hegemonic goals.” Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post reported on the...

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Representatives of the Israeli government and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia met publicly in Washington D.C. to discuss their governments’ shared concern about the threat posed by Iran, The New York Times reported Thursday. A new merging of strategic interests between Saudi Arabia and Israel was on display on Thursday as...

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In an essay published Wednesday in the Times of Israel, Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz stated that President Barack Obama does not understand the concerns of the Israeli people, despite Obama’s claims to the contrary. Horovitz stated that he endorses “every word” Obama has said about resolving the conflict with the...

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Administration officials have spent the last two days attacking a Tuesday report in The New York Times that Iran’s stockpile of low enriched uranium (LEU) is now 20% greater than when it signed the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) in November 2013. The Times article noted that the growth of that stockpile contradicted the...

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Israel has “hard evidence” that Iran conducted weaponization work as part of their nuclear research, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon told The Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth in a wide-ranging interview published on Tuesday. Ya’alon made this revelation while discussing Iran’s refusal to allow inspections of military sites as part of any nuclear deal. He also explained the...

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As discussion continues over whether Americans jailed in Iran should be considered as elements of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, Bloomberg View national security correspondent Eli Lake wrote Tuesday that doing so would embolden the Islamic Republic to take further hostages. The families of Jason Rezaian, Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati, and Robert Levinson have stated that the...

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