While Iran already possesses the necessary materials for a nuclear bomb, any additional concessions would make the regime “a virtual nuclear power,”  which is why allowing negotiations to expire with “no significant change” in Iran’s demands is better than concluding a bad deal, José María Aznar, the former premier of Spain...

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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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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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The Western nations currently negotiating with Iran over the fate of the country’s illicit nuclear program will “likely stop short of demanding full disclosure of any secret weapon work by Tehran,” according to a report in Reuters: Officially, the United States and its Western allies say it is vital that Iran fully addresses...

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VIENNA – The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN-affiliated watchdog organization, criticized Iran today for its continued refusal to fully cooperate with the agency’s investigation into Iran’s nuclear program. The investigation is to formally determine whether Iran’s nuclear program is to be used to supply military weapons, as has...

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The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that Iran is seeking “quick relief” from United Nations (UN) sanctions, placing a new stumbling block in the way of a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 nations by the time the current deal runs out on November, 24. The bloc, consisting of the five permanent U.N....

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Iran is evading and ignoring fresh allegations from United Nations human rights organizations, Arabic and Iranian-opposition media outlets charged on Monday (Arabic link), saying this is not the first time Tehran has ignored such accusations. Ilham Amin Zada, one of the Iranian president’s advisors, responded by saying that global actors were hypocritical...

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Russia and Iran announced a deal today that will provide Iran with up to eight nuclear reactors. The reactors will be built by Russia’s state nuclear agency, Rosatom. Agence France-Presse reports: The so-called Bushehr Phase II consists of two reactors at the same Persian Gulf coast site as the existing 1,000...

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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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