Iranian intransigence is the primary obstacle to a deal over its nuclear program, according to an analysis written Tuesday in The National Interest by Emily Landau, a non-proliferation expert for Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies. [I]f the P5+1–Iran negotiations break down, it will be because of Iran, the dangerous and defiant proliferator...

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The Senate Banking Committee today passed the Iran Nuclear Free Act of 2015 by a vote of 18 – 4 with strong bipartisan support. Politico reports: The Senate Banking Committee approved the bill, which was written by Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), on a 18-4 vote with six Democrats...

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A group of Senate Democrats led by Senator Robert Menendez (D – N.J.) effectively gave the Obama administration a deadline to achieve an agreement that would prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. In a letter to the White House, the senators expressed support for legislation that would toughen diplomacy against Iran if the Islamic...

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It cannot be confirmed “that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities,” Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, said in an address in Indonesia on Friday. As far as Iran is concerned, the Agency is...

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While Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has authorized nuclear negotiations with the West, hardliners associated with the Ayatollah have stepped up their rhetorical campaign against President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for their participation in the negotiations. Rouhani and Zarif have both insisted that they will...

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In a speech Sunday night, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, praised the U.S.-Israel relationship and explained the importance of the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner to Israel’s Prime Minister of Israel to speak before a joint session of Congress on March 3. Placing a heavy emphasis on...

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In a stinging public rebuke, a trio of leading foreign policy officials for the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations — including two who served as key Obama White House officials overseeing U.S. policy on Iran — have leveled an unusually blunt assessment of recent U.S. foreign policy setbacks related to the Islamic Republic, charging that...

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President Barack Obama’s claims in his State of the Union Address Tuesday night have earned the president “Three Pinocchios” for inaccuracies, The Washington Post’s fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, wrote today. Kessler consulted with a number of experts about Obama’s claim that, “our diplomacy is at work with respect to Iran, where,...

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As doubts continue to grow about the administration’s claims made of progress in the nuclear negotiations, including those made by President Barack Obama in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, senators from both parties are seeking to introduce legislation to restore the West’s leverage in those negotiations. In his State...

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Senator Robert Menendez (D – N.J.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pushed back today against the White House’s claims that Congressional action could derail negotiations with Iran over its illicit nuclear program. In his State of the Union speech last night, President Barack Obama claimed that...

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