An “agreement for a framework for a final agreement” between Iran and the P5+1 global powers has been agreed upon, in the words of the German Foreign Ministry, and will be announced in a press conference shortly. The parties plan on finalizing an agreement by June 30, the deadline of the interim Joint...

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In an aggressive exchange with reporters, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced Western attempts to get Iran to compromise on sanctions relief. Zarif’s comments came just before it was announced that the negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland between Iran and the P5+1 powers over the future of Iran’s illicit nuclear program would be extended...

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Even as the Obama administration has backed away from its previously-stated goals in preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it still has the ability to deter Iran by making clear “in advance what the consequences are” for violating any deal and developing a nuclear weapon, “and that they will be high,”...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today issued a sharply worded condemnation of the West’s decision to continue nuclear talks with Iran, in light of the latest threat made by Iran against Israel. The Times of Israel reported: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday excoriated world powers over their dogged pursuit...

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The concessions built into the deal currently taking shape between the P5+1 and Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland may be so extensive as to undermine the possibility of long-term monitoring, and fail to stretch Iran’s breakout time to a year, according to former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deputy director Olli Heinonen....

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The P5+1 global powers and Iran will issue a “general” statement to close the latest round of nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, according to an Associated Press (AP) report today. According to the AP, the statement would “[allow] the sides to claim enough progress has been made thus far to merit...

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The question of whether to trust Iran’s claims that its nuclear program is purely for peaceful purposes can be answered by a single issue: “Iran’s failure to deliver on multiple pledges to answer questions about its suspected research on nuclear warheads,” a staff editorial in The Washington Post asserted on...

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The framework agreement currently taking shape in Lausanne, Switzerland is “extremely dangerous,” Brigadier General (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former chief of the research division in IDF Military Intelligence and former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, said Sunday in a conference call hosted by The Israel Project. The Israel...

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The Iranians continue to show signs of inflexibility in the negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in comments to reporters at United Nations headquarters in New York, said that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was “not very precise” about Tehran’s willingness to compromise...

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Sen. Harry Reid (D – Nev.) announced his retirement today and backed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D – N.Y.) to succeed him as Senate Minority Leader. The news comes one day after Schumer signed as co-sponsor of a bill to require legislative review of any Iran nuclear deal agreed to by...

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