Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) issued a statement yesterday outlining the various requirements he believes are necessary for the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran to be effective: 1. the dismantling—not freezing—of Iran’s illegal nuclear weapons program; 2. institution of intrusive, any-time inspections for all facilities to assure Iranian compliance; 3. a slow process...
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Congressman Robert Aderholt (R- Ala.) today called on the administration to support the nation of Azerbaijan, a northern neighbor to Iran. The congressman said Azerbaijan was an important ally of the United States, and noted the country`s strategic location, as well as its support for anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan, AzerTag...
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Iranian sources are involved in shady weapon deals with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an Iraqi security source told the Saudi newspaper Okaz (Arabic link). The source said Iranian “agents” are supplying ISIS in Iraq with weapons in exchange for oil. These transactions are alarming Western and...
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Washington’s representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna told reporters on Monday that the administration was “disappointed” in Iran’s failure to cooperate with nuclear investigators from the United Nations watchdog. Ambassador Laura Kennedy is one of several U.S. diplomats in Vienna this week — Secretary of State...
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In response to growing tensions, Iran is flexing its muscles and threatening to send “millions” of soldiers into Palestinian territories to fight Israel. Commander of Iran’s Basij force, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, said millions of Iranians are ready to be sent to the Gaza Strip in order to assist the Palestinians...
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The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that Iran is seeking “quick relief” from United Nations (UN) sanctions, placing a new stumbling block in the way of a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 nations by the time the current deal runs out on November, 24. The bloc, consisting of the five permanent U.N....
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Roll Call reported Thursday that lawmakers are preparing a series of steps aimed at reasserting Congressional oversight over the final contours of a nuclear deal between the P5+1 global powers and Iran, a few weeks after leaked audio revealed that the Obama administration has been planning for almost a year to...
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With a week left until the November 24th deadline on nuclear talks between the P5+1 nations and Iran, remarks made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this past summer take on greater significance. In a July interview with Fareed Zakaria, Clinton states: […] if you cannot be persuaded that the...
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In remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Saturday, United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel described the global posture of the United States: Today our military has nearly 400,000 personnel stationed or forward-deployed in nearly 100 countries around the world, from Afghanistan to the Philippines to Guatemala. This continued forward...
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Iran is evading and ignoring fresh allegations from United Nations human rights organizations, Arabic and Iranian-opposition media outlets charged on Monday (Arabic link), saying this is not the first time Tehran has ignored such accusations. Ilham Amin Zada, one of the Iranian president’s advisors, responded by saying that global actors were hypocritical...
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