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US Accuses Iran of Secretly Breaching UN Nuclear Sanctions

FOREIGN POLICY by Colum Lynch December 8, 2014 The United States has privately accused Iran of going on an international shopping spree to acquire components for a heavy-water reactor that American officials have long feared could be used in the … Continue reading

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Top Dem to White House: Anti-sanctions argument ‘non-starter’

WASHINGTON EXAMINER by Susan Crabtree and Charles Hoskinson December 3, 2014 The top Senate Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee said any effort by the Obama administration to convince lawmakers not to impose new sanctions on Iran is a “non-starter.” … Continue reading

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Israel’s next army chief ‘would only strike Iran as last resort’

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff November 28, 2014 Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenko, named Friday night as the next IDF chief of the General Staff, firmly opposes Israeli military intervention to thwart Iran’s nuclear program unless Iran poses an immediate existential … Continue reading

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No Deal

WEEKLY STANDARD by Michael Makovsky and William Kristol December 8, 2014 So the November 24 deadline for reaching a comprehensive agreement with Iran over its nuclear program—itself an extension of an earlier deadline—has come and gone with a whimper, and … Continue reading

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69% of Americans oppose deal leaving Iran with nuclear capabilities

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Horovitz November 25, 2014 More than two-thirds of Americans oppose a deal with Iran that would allow it to maintain nuclear weapons capabilities, according to a new survey by American political strategist Frank Luntz. Americans … Continue reading

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Iran’s no China

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick November 24, 2014 The Obama administration will never abandon its courtship of Iran. On the eve of the extended deadline in the US-led six-party talks with Iran regarding Teheran’s illicit nuclear weapons program, the one … Continue reading

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Iran nuclear talks extended, so Congress might turn up the heat

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR by Howard LaFranchi November 24, 2014 The extension of Iran nuclear talks into next summer – with the broad outlines of a deal to be reached in principal by March – would seem to put off any … Continue reading

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Iranian Nuclear Deal Down to the Wire Again

PJ MEDIA by Rich Baehr November 22, 2014 Failure is not only an option, but a reality. Just as in previous cycles of negotiations between the P5 + 1 (Security Council permanent members U.S., Russia, China, Great Britain, and France, … Continue reading

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Cornered but unbound by nuclear pact, Israel reconsiders military action against Iran

JERUSALEM POST by Michael Wilner November 22, 2014 Israeli official cites “sunset clause” in proposed comprehensive deal, which guarantees Iran a path into the nuclear club and may corner Israel into war. Historic negotiations with Iran will reach an inflection point … Continue reading

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In Israel, ex-Iran militiaman repudiates his blind Jew hatred

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff November 20, 2014 Convert to Christianity tours Old City, recalls his role in 6 executions, describes Iranians’ frustration with regime, but says sanctions won’t spark uprising. A former member of Iran’s Basij militia, who spent … Continue reading

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