Iran nuclear talks offer opportunity if the US wants it
By Peter Jenkins Joby Warrick and Greg Miller reported in the Washington Post on 8 April that White House officials are confident that Iran is not engaged in making nuclear weapons. To those who...
View ArticleWho’s the stranger in Moscow?
via Lobe Log Song: “Stranger in Moscow” by the late and great, Michael Jackson Julian Borger, Laura Rozen and Scott Peterson report on the “wide gap” and the “nitty gritty” details of the latest round...
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Please exhale: Israel is not going to attack Iran
via Gary’s Choices By Gary Sick Every few months there is a concocted “crisis” involving suggestions that Israel is just on the verge of attacking Iran. This cycle started almost a decade ago, and it...
View ArticleSanger in the NYT: Iran’s 9-step nuclear plan dismissed by US
via Lobe Log David E. Sanger reports for the New York Times that Iran sought to use its UN venue last week to “drum up support” for a negotiating strategy of lifting sanctions in tandem with a...
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Back to Basics
via Lobe Log A recent incident reminded me of the strong emotions that underlie thinking about Iran by some officials and ex-officials in the United States and parts of Europe. In this instance, an...
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Obama Aides Launch Preemptive Attack on New Iran Plan
via IPS News Although the place and time of the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have not yet been announced, the manoeuvring by Iran and the United States to influence the outcome has...
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Has Israel backed down?
via Lobe Log Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s recent comments indicating that Israel has delayed its attack-Iran timeline by 8-10 months is causing a stir among Iran watchers. From the Daily...
View ArticleDisappointed in Almaty
via Lobe Log by Charles Naas The second round of talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan between the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) and Iran ended just about where they started — no advance...
View ArticleWhat Would it Take for Iran to Build a Bomb?
Interview with Colin Kahl by Garrett Nada via USIP What steps would be necessary for Iran to build a nuclear weapon? President Obama has estimated that it would take Iran “over a year or so” for Iran...
View ArticleU.S., Iran Try to Narrow Gaps on Nuclear Deal
by Jasmin Ramsey via IPS News Geneva — Against the backdrop of a cautiously optimistic environment, Iran and 6 world powers known as the P5+1 are reconvening here for talks (Nov. 7-8) over Tehran’s...
View ArticleNo Deal Yet Over Iran’s Nuclear Program
via LobeLog by Jasmin Ramsey *This post has been updated Geneva — While diplomats involved in negotiations over Iran’s controversial nuclear program here have been mostly tight-lipped about the details...
View ArticleWhat to Make of a Near Miss
via LobeLog by Peter Jenkins Sometimes the fog of diplomacy can be as thick as the fog of battle. So it has been in the case of last week’s talks in Geneva — until, that is, the publication of an...
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