Why the agreement with Iran is a good deal
Jeffrey Lewis writes: Seven thoughts about the Iran deal, in no particular order. First, let’s be clear that the package agreed to in Geneva is an interim deal — a six-month slowdown in Iran’s nuclear...
View ArticleFor Iran, peaceful diplomacy has delivered what sabre-rattling could not
Simon Jenkins writes: Good news so far on Iran. Western intervention in the Muslim world at the start of the 21st century has seemed nothing but the orchestration of failure. Yesterday’s Geneva...
View ArticleThe last thing the world needs is Congress thwarting historic U.S.-Iran...
Lawrence Wilkerson and Kate Gould write: The nuclear deal that the US just struck with Iran is nothing short of historic. This agreement is a victory for everyone who wants to prevent a nuclear-armed...
View ArticleHave the neocons made an unprecedented advance in nuclear weapons design?
It’s generally understood that the construction of a nuclear weapon using uranium requires highly enriched uranium — enriched to 80% or greater. Daniel Pipes writes: [T]he American goal for the accord...
View ArticleBritain warns Israel: Don’t undermine Iran nuclear deal
Reuters reports: Israel should avoid taking any action that would undermine the interim nuclear agreement reached between Iran and world powers at the weekend, Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague...
View ArticleKhamenei has to play to both sides
On Monday, Meir Javedanfar wrote: The Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei probably got little sleep last night. As the man with the final word on Iran’s nuclear program, his decision and blessing...
View ArticleNuclear deal a win-win for U.S., Iran and even Israel
Barbara Slavin writes: The ink was not dry on the historic Geneva nuclear accord with Iran before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced it as a “historic mistake” that would allow Iran to...
View ArticleAmericans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin
Reuters reports: Americans back a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by a 2-to-1 margin and are very wary of the United States resorting to military action against Tehran even if the historic...
View ArticleIran deal exposes the limits of the Israel lobby’s power
Mohammed Ayoob writes: The impact of the Iran nuclear deal is unlikely to be limited to the nuclear proliferation arena. While the question whether the deal has prevented Iran from ever developing...
View ArticleIran allowed some construction at key nuclear site under interim deal, U.S. says
The Associated Press and JTA report: The U.S. said Wednesday that Iran can undertake some construction work at a key nuclear facility as long as fuel isn’t produced and advances aren’t made on a...
View ArticleHow Congress could derail a nuclear deal with Iran
Cameron Abadi writes: When Secretary of State John Kerry joined the nuclear negotiations at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva last Saturday, he employed the oldest negotiating trick in the book,...
View ArticleIran invites inspectors to nuclear site
The New York Times reports: Five days after Iran struck a landmark accord with world powers on its nuclear program, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Thursday that Tehran had invited...
View ArticleFive reasons Israel won’t attack Iran
Zachary Keck writes: Although not a member of the P5+1 itself, Israel has always loomed large over the negotiations concerning Iran’s nuclear program. For example, in explaining French opposition to a...
View ArticleIran — the next stage
David Ignatius writes: Now that the Obama administration has won its breakthrough first-step nuclear deal with Iran, officials are planning strategy for the decisive second round that, over the next...
View ArticleBritain’s ill-informed friends of Israel are refusing to face facts on Iran...
Peter Oborne writes: It was one of those coincidences that a novelist might hesitate to invent. One of William Hague’s first tasks after signing a historic nuclear agreement with Iran was to address...
View ArticleIran’s hard-liners keep their criticism of nuclear pact to themselves
The New York Times reports: In a room in which journalists were outnumbered by security agents and paramilitary fighters, the tall Iranian commander stood and issued his judgment. “Our ideology will...
View ArticleZarif asks Saudi Arabia to work with Iran
Al Jazeera reports: Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister who is currently on a tour of the Gulf states, has appealed to Saudi Arabia to work with Iran towards achieving regional stability. He...
View ArticleWhat lessons do the success of Camp David and the failure of Oslo hold for...
Marc Lynch writes: The Geneva P5+1 interim agreement with Iran is already the most important Middle Eastern diplomatic gambit since the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel and the Oslo Accords...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal respects Netanyahu’s red line
Graham Allison writes: Amidst the weeping and gnashing of teeth from the Prime Minister’s office after the interim agreement on Iran reached in Geneva, it is appropriate to pause to ask how President...
View ArticleIsrael lobby changes tactics on Iran deal
JTA reports: When it comes to the deal between Iran and major powers, Israel and the pro-Israel community are retreating from a strategy of confrontation and working instead to influence the contours...
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