“Sure I’d like a better deal – I’d like a pony, too, but it’s not realistic”, says Jeffrey Lewis, director of nonproliferation studies at the Middlebury Institute of global Studies at Monterey, Calif. “The most important thing now is to...
Dempsey said that while the nuclear deal did prevent Iran from producing an atomic weapon, it did not address other concerns about Tehran’s malign activities in the region.
The last Iranian president to make a state visit to France was in 1999, when Jacques Chirac was the French president.Fabius reiterated that Hollande extends a friendly hand to Iran.
But a European source said it was not yet confirmed that the talks would begin Friday, adding that at most “only a few people” from the so-called troika of creditors would arrive before the weekend.
However, it contains a “snap back” mechanism that will reverse the lifting of sanctions if Tehran breaches the deal it signed last week with the P5+1 group of countries – China, France, Russia, the UK, the US and Germany.
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., specifically mentioned Iran’s practice of supplying explosively formed penetrators – a type of roadside bomb – to groups fighting U.S. troops. We can call it “Trump Talk”, defined as a drumbeat of outrageous political speech that...
The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution endorsing a deal that placed long-term curbs on Iran’s nuclear program and starts a process to remove UN sanctions against the country.
The resolution allows for supply of ballistic missile technology and heavy weapons, such as tanks and attack helicopters, to Iran with Security Council approval, but the United States has pledged to veto any such requests.
In this photo taken October. 2, 2014, Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich. speaks in Livonia, Mich. Kildee says he supports President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., announced this week that he’d support the deal.
Fabius’ trip followed that of EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini the day before, as the bloc and Iran also pursue closer relations after the nuclear deal.
“I strongly believe the world could and should have a better deal than that set forth in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which I will therefore oppose”, said Meng, who is a member of the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East. He disputed the notion...
A third series of questions designed to gauge levels of concern on points raised against the deal led to a final result in which American Jews opposed it 58-30.