The Wall Street Journal revealed on Friday that the United States is considering reopening a bilateral diplomatic channel with Iran – through which negotiations would be conducted by what the outlet described as a “secret” team: The White House secretly used this bilateral track last year to reach an interim...
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Reuters reported Wednesday that Iran’s crude exports to China in April had more than doubled from where they were a year ago – the final number constituting an all-time record high: China’s imports, added to India’s shipments of about 225,000 bpd in April and South Korea’s 135,000 bpd, put Asia’s purchases of Iranian...
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It was reported Wednesday that Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached an agreement that Iran will provide the IAEA with information about “large-scale high-explosives experimentation in Iran” by August 25. However, the text of the announcement contains a significant omission. The Global Security Newswire reports: The Middle Eastern nation also would...
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An Iranian news site dedicated to promoting the country’s nuclear program published an essay on Tuesday by Ali Asghar Soltanieh – the country’s former ambassador to the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) – pushing back against a recent op-ed by Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Kenneth Pollack: Reviewing the article “The Right...
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The Israeli government has unveiled its latest public-relations tool in its battle to convince the West that Iran is well on its way nuclear-bomb readiness. The Diaspora Affairs Ministry launched Inside Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Plan, an animated video that targets Westerners, especially Americans, with a very clear message: Don’t let Iran...
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Reuters reported Tuesday night that efforts by the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) to force Iran to account for the so-called possible military dimensions (PMD) of its atomic program – efforts that U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama, had repeatedly emphasized are aimed at forcing the Islamic republic to meet its...
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The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that a leading figure in Israel’s defense establishment warns of “a storm, on the horizon” regarding the security situation in the Middle East. Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, the director of political-military affairs at the Defense Ministry, reiterated the main strategic threat facing Israel in the near term: Iran’s...
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A Reuters exclusive published late Thursday revealed the existence of a confidential U.N. report indicating that Iran has continued to bolster its ballistic missile program during the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA). Despite apparently reducing illicit purchases that breach U.N. sanctions, Iran is pursuing development of ballistic...
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A new quantitative indicator developed jointly by Roubini Global Economics and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) points towards an improved economic outlook for Iran. The calculations, based on sentiment analysis derived from proprietary natural language processing algorithms, were detailed Friday in a new report published by Mark Dubowitz and Paul...
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The United States is reportedly ready to provide an anti-missile shield to its allies in the Gulf, raising questions about American confidence in its ability to rein in Iran’s expanding conventional and non-conventional capabilities. According to the Global Security Newswire: The planned antimissile deployments would be an answer to Iran’s...
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