Members of Iran’s political and military leadership have reportedly framed the decision to extend nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 nations – the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany – as a victory for the regime. Al Arabiya reports that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari...

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The Obama administration’s former special adviser on Iran, Dennis Ross, said Tuesday that the United States backed down on key demands in its nuclear negotiations with the regime, according to a report in The Times of Israel. A day after nuclear talks with Iran were extended until July 2015 after...

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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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The P5+1 powers on Monday failed to reach an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program following a year of negotiations, and announced instead that talks would be extended through June 2015. Buzzfeed Politics noted that the parties had “not even produced a framework agreement,” which Iranian officials had floated as likely...

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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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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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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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