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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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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Amid reports that a nuclear deal between the West and Iran is unlikely to be reached by tomorrow’s deadline, an editorial in The Washington Post today called on the Obama administration to consult Congress to help shape an effective deal. In Washington, delay is also useful because President Obama has failed...

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VIENNA – With only a day to go before the deadline to reach an agreement over the future of Iran’s nuclear program, Western and Iranian news media are making dramatically different claims over how negotiations will conclude. A report in Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency claimed that a “political agreement” would be announced tomorrow, and Iranian officials...

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Iranian sources have revealed that Iran supplied the terrorist organization Hezbollah with a new missile containing a large warhead that it claims can reach the Dimona nuclear reactor in southern Israel, the Ya-Libnan news site reported at the weekend, citing an Iranian news agency. The FARS news agency, which is affiliated with the...

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VIENNA – The resolution of a nuclear deal between Iran and the West looks increasingly unlikely, as a member of the Iranian negotiating team told Iranian state media that agreeing to a final deal before tomorrow’s deadline would be “impossible.” As Reuters reported: “Considering the short time left until the deadline and number of issues...

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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...

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