As a nuclear deal with Iran appears to be drawing closer, Israel is growing more nervous that the international community may settle for a pact that leaves the Islamic Republic with the ability to quickly assemble nuclear weapons. “Also in the past two weeks despite the public’s justifiable attention on...

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As we march towards the July 20 deadline for reaching agreement on stopping the Iranian nuclear weapons program, it is worth gauging Iran’s intentions by looking at the words of its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. On June 13, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Zarif entitled Iran is Committed to...

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The Obama administration’s approach toward nuclear talks with Iran is generating unease among Washington’s traditional Arab and Israeli allies – and will at a minimum need to be counterbalanced by robust pushback against other elements of Iran’s foreign policy – according to [PDF] testimony submitted last Thursday to the Senate Committee on Foreign...

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Agence France-Presse (AFP) revealed on Tuesday that Iran and Germany will hold talks over Iran’s nuclear program outside the structure of ongoing P5+1 negotiations: German officials will visit Tehran on Sunday for talks on Iran’s nuclear drive, top Iranian negotiator and deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday. The...

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Analysis from U.S. and Israel-based experts emerged last week casting doubt on the robustness of existing and planned Iranian nuclear concessions, with observers evaluating the matter both in the context of negotiations and as it is likely to affect the calculations of Iran’s neighbors. Dr. Emily B. Landau, the head...

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New figures published late Thursday indicate that Iran will bust through caps on crude exports set by the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) for the seventh month in a row – with the exported amounts in May, ostensibly limited to 1 million barrels per day (bpd), actually increasing over April’s output –...

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A series of recent statements from top Iranian military and political figures – up to and including a fiery speech by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that included denunciations of “Satan and the satanic front” – has generated concerns among analysts that Tehran may refuse to make further concessions in...

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The State Department was pressed on Tuesday over mounting evidence that Iranian crude export violations – in which the Iranians have for the last six months exceeded the cap of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) set by the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) – will not be balanced...

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The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday revealed that it had obtained evidence indicating that Iran “has kept active and intact its core team of weaponization researchers” as international criticism deepened over what appears to be a deliberate campaign by Tehran to skirt core obligations regarding the disclosure of possible military...

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The Washington Post late last week carried calls from a bipartisan group of veteran diplomats and analysts – Eric Edelman, Dennis Ross, and Ray Takeyh, respectively a former undersecretary of defense during the George W. Bush administration, a special assistant to President Obama, and a senior fellow at the Council...

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