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Time For Tough Choices In Iran Nuke Talks

Time For Tough Choices In Iran Nuke Talks
Time For Tough Choices In Iran Nuke Talks

It is now clear that differences in negotiations between Iran and six major powers led by the United States remain intractable, despite the conciliatory words and much friendlier atmosphere which have reigned in recent months. When the two sides met in Vienna last week for a first round of hard-core haggling after months of laying…

Eliminate 15K Iranian Centrifuges, Thousands of Kilos of Uranium: Shape Of Nuclear Deal

Eliminate 15K Iranian Centrifuges, Thousands of Kilos of Uranium: Shape Of Nuclear Deal
Eliminate 15K Iranian Centrifuges, Thousands of Kilos of Uranium: Shape Of Nuclear Deal

The outlines of a possible nuclear deal with Iran are now clear. What isn’t known is whether Iran will actually agree to the terms of the six major powers with which it negotiates – the United States, Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France. In the latest round of talks this week in Vienna, both sides are…

Russia Threatens To Derail Iran Talks Over Ukraine

Russia Threatens To Derail Iran Talks Over Ukraine
Russia Threatens To Derail Iran Talks Over Ukraine

Talks this week in Vienna to win guarantees that Iran won’t seek nuclear weapons were workmanlike and “drilled down into details,” diplomats said. But the crisis in Ukraine threatened to change the strategic landscape that has made the negotiations possible. The Russian envoy to the seven-party talks in Vienna said Wednesday that Russia might take…

IAEA Chief Warns On Iran Nuke Inspections; ‘More Remains To Be Done:’ Exclusive

IAEA Chief Warns On Iran Nuke Inspections; ‘More Remains To Be Done:’ Exclusive
IAEA Chief Warns On Iran Nuke Inspections; ‘More Remains To Be Done:’ Exclusive

  VIENNA: The UN atomic watchdog will still have a hard time answering crucial questions about whether Iran seeks nuclear weapons despite winning better access for inspectors, the UN’s top inspector Yukiya Amano told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview Monday at the agency’s headquarters here. Amano said the main problem going forward is that…

IAEA Blesses Iran Nuke Actions So Far; Access To Military Sites Key Issue

IAEA Blesses Iran Nuke Actions So Far; Access To Military Sites Key Issue
IAEA Blesses Iran Nuke Actions So Far; Access To Military Sites Key Issue

    Iran’s decision to accept and implement the nuclear deal struck in November has undercut the US Congress’s drive for new sanctions designed to increase the pressure on the Islamic Republic. President Barack Obama said the deal should be given a chance to work and that sanctions could alienate Iran and torpedo the diplomacy. Congress, so…

Iran Nuclear Deal Will Transform Region; Saudis, Israelis Watching Every Move

Iran Nuclear Deal Will Transform Region; Saudis, Israelis Watching Every Move
Iran Nuclear Deal Will Transform Region; Saudis, Israelis Watching Every Move

The nuclear deal reached with Iran in Geneva opens a new era in US-Iranian relations, even if the agreement is a tentative one. For the first time since Iran’s secret nuclear work was discovered in 2002, the two nations have outlined a way to allay fears the Islamic Republic is building nuclear weapons. The Geneva agreement…

US, French, UK, Chinese, German Foreign Ministers Heading To Geneva, Joining Russia’s Lavrov

US, French, UK, Chinese, German Foreign Ministers Heading To Geneva, Joining Russia’s Lavrov
US, French, UK, Chinese, German Foreign Ministers Heading To Geneva, Joining Russia’s Lavrov

UPDATED: US Secretary of State John Kerry Heads To Geneva Saturday GENEVA: The Russian and American foreign ministers plan to join the Iranian and international negotiators as they hammer away at the hard, cold realities of the Iranian nuclear talks as the talks head into a fourth day. The differences that remain between the six countries and Iran…

Iran Nuke Agreement ‘Very Hard’ To Reach: US Official

Iran Nuke Agreement ‘Very Hard’ To Reach: US Official
Iran Nuke Agreement ‘Very Hard’ To Reach: US Official

GENEVA: Nuclear talks between Iran and a US-led grouping of six world powers are “hard … very hard,” a senior US administration official said here Wednesday as the two sides resumed attempts to strike a deal in the crisis over whether the Islamic Republic seeks nuclear weapons. The official said an agreement is still possible…

IAEA Chief Cites Modest Iran Nuclear Progress; Official Report Due EXCLUSIVE

IAEA Chief Cites Modest Iran Nuclear Progress; Official Report Due EXCLUSIVE
IAEA Chief Cites Modest Iran Nuclear Progress; Official Report Due EXCLUSIVE

VIENNA: Iran has not significantly accelerated its nuclear program in recent months, UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano told Breaking Defense. This could be a sign that Iran hopes to create favorable conditions for a deal with the United States, which wants the Islamic Republic to freeze its program at its current level and not add to its…

Iranians Balked At Geneva Nuke Talks; West Stood United

Iranians Balked At Geneva Nuke Talks; West Stood United
Iranians Balked At Geneva Nuke Talks; West Stood United

GENEVA: The marathon nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva last week faltered because of fundamental differences — not because the French are spoilers. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters upon arriving in Geneva that “nothing is settled” and then was blamed for imposing new conditions that torpedoed an all-but-written settlement that Iran would not…

EXCLUSIVE: Iran Foreign Minister Confident Nuclear Deal Wrapped Up Soon

EXCLUSIVE: Iran Foreign Minister Confident Nuclear Deal Wrapped Up Soon
EXCLUSIVE: Iran Foreign Minister Confident Nuclear Deal Wrapped Up Soon

GENEVA: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is confident an agreement to end the Iranian nuclear crisis will be reached soon and that he would be able to sell it back home in Tehran despite hardline opposition there, he told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview. “I would not agree on something if I didn’t believe…

Kerry Leaves Israel, Joins Iran Nuke Talks; Senator Threatens Sanction Bill

Kerry Leaves Israel, Joins Iran Nuke Talks; Senator Threatens Sanction Bill
Kerry Leaves Israel, Joins Iran Nuke Talks; Senator Threatens Sanction Bill

GENEVA: Iran and six major powers appear close to a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, with US Secretary of State John Kerry set to join the talks Friday, a late-breaking surprise here. It could signal the beginning of the end of the decade-old crisis sparked by fears Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. US…

Iran, US Nuke Talks Plow Ahead As Jewish Groups Pause On Sanctions

Iran, US Nuke Talks Plow Ahead As Jewish Groups Pause On Sanctions
Iran, US Nuke Talks Plow Ahead As Jewish Groups Pause On Sanctions

GENEVA: The United States and Iran head into Thursday negotiations full of growing optimism that a deal can be reached on the future of Iran’s nuclear program. One of the key reasons for this optimism is the apparent willingness of the US Congress and of major American Jewish groups to refrain from demanding new sanctions…

Iranians Proffer Two-Step Plan To Defuse Nuke Crisis

GENEVA: The Iranian plan to resolve their nuclear crisis proposes a framework for talks but still needs a lot of work, a source close to the talks here told Breaking Defense. Iran’s plan presented today to the United States and five other world powers was designed to show Iran’s good will and to lay the…

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