The Iranian research institute Iranian Diplomacy is claiming that Saudi Arabia is closely following and attempting to derail the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 nations, which are moving this week from Muscat to Vienna. The institute wrote in its latest report (Arabic link) that was published on the...

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Less than two weeks before the deadline for the West to reach a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, top nuclear experts as well as representatives from the P5+1 powers are expressing concerns that a comprehensive deal may not be reached by the November 24th deadline. French Foreign Minister Laurent...

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In 2009, at the beginning of his first term in office, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would be seeking to “directly engage” with Iran. Nonetheless, Obama acknowledged that Iran’s “actions over many years now have been unhelpful when it comes to promoting peace and prosperity both in the region and...

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Lawmakers on Wednesday issued a statement warning the White House that they would aim to increase sanctions on Tehran if the administration fails to agree to what Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) described as a “good deal” as the deadline to reach an agreement with Iran over its...

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Hardline political factions in Iran attacked (Arabic link) the negotiations that the Islamic Republic is currently conducting with the international powers on the nuclear issue, claiming that these talks are “humiliating” Iran. “Washington does not want to fully lift the sanctions,” complained Ham Anshidi, a website associated with conservative political factions in...

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A range of stories published over the weekend and into Tuesday indicate that Iran is preparing to expand its declared plutonium program and has not yet accounted for a potentially vast clandestine uranium enrichment program, with new analysis suggesting that the latter may expand Iran’s previously known capacity significantly. The...

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Arabic media outlets are expressing worry that negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran will not bring a good result—not for the United States and certainly not for the Arab countries. U.S. President Barack Obama is being depicted in the Arab press as a puppet and a lover of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei. Every...

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For an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal (Google link), Bret Stephens interviewed Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, on Iran’s strategy for evading the consequences of violating its nuclear agreements. After listing many of the technical details that need to be addressed by a future agreement, Stephens writes: As...

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The latest report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), published Friday by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), blasted Tehran for “not provid[ing] any explanations that enable the Agency to clarify the outstanding practical measures,” stoking concerns that Iranian officials may be counting...

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In a confidential document disclosed on Friday, The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium has increased significantly over the past two months. According to Reuters: Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas has grown by 8 percent to nearly 8.4 tonnes in about two months, U.N. atomic...

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