Amid reports that the emerging nuclear deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran would reportedly allow Iran to keep 6,500 centrifuges operating, a former CIA deputy director who served under President Obama has stated that this number is sufficient for Iran to build a nuclear weapons program. Michael Morell, now an analyst for CBS news, made...

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Only 11% of Americans view Iran favorably, according to the results of a Gallup poll released today. As the United States and several other nations continue to negotiate what would be a landmark agreement to limit Iran’s production of nuclear weapons, more than eight in 10 Americans view Iran unfavorably...

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Former Democratic Representative Shelley Berkley argued in an op-ed on Sunday that by failing to oppose Iranian aggression the Obama administration is “undermining bipartisan support for Israel, and the values of the Democratic Party.” Berkley’s protest isn’t limited to the course of the current nuclear negotiations with Iran, but evaluates a more...

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According to a report Monday by the Associated Press (AP), in the final years of an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, restrictions and verification measures would be lifted to “allow it [Iran] to slowly ramp up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms over the last...

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) identified another site where it claims that Iran is carrying on undeclared nuclear research, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The National Council of Resistance of Iran said underground labs in suburban Tehran have been used since 2008 to enrich uranium. It said the...

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The failure to address Iran’s work towards weaponization is the biggest failing of the emerging nuclear deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran, according to proliferation expert Emily Landau of the Institute for National Security Studies, The Times of Israel reported yesterday. After describing the deal as “deeply flawed,” the Times...

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Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein (D – Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D – Ill.) invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a closed-door meeting next week when he is in Washington D.C. with the stated goal of “maintain[ing] Israel’s dialogue with both political parties in Congress,” The Times of Israel reported...

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The terms of a proposed nuclear deal between the West and Iran “reported by the AP [Associated Press] are even more worrying than those that were leaked in Jerusalem,” according to David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of The Times of Israel, in an analysis published Monday. After anonymous sources in Jerusalem leaked...

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A phased nuclear deal that will allow Iran “to slowly ramp up activities that could be used to make weapons” is currently taking shape between the P5+1 nations and Iran, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. The U.S. initially sought restrictions lasting for up to 20 years; Iran had pushed for...

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The editorial page editor of the Washington Post has questioned how the United States can accept President Barack Obama’s guarantees about a nuclear deal with Iran in a column published today. Fred Hiatt wrote that three factors—”the suspicious, poisonous partisanship of the moment here, with Israeli politics mixed in; worries that he...

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