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Our New Buzzfeed Post on Iran

We’ve found that when we mention the news on Iran to our friends, this is often the reaction we get:
       
So, we decided to break it down. This is the story of how the United States entered into negotiations with Iran, and what’s going on with those negotiations right now.

1.     It began in 2013 with a historic phone call between President Obama and Iranian
       President Rouhani. The talks went well:
       

2.     And were complemented by talks between Iran and the P5+1 (a group that includes
        Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States). These  
        negotiations addressed the issue of Iran’s nuclear program, a program the U.S.
        feared might be used to develop nuclear weapons.
       

Read the rest on Buzzfeed!

Edward Levine Statement on Iran Letter by Senators Menendez and Graham

Edward Levine, who provided trenchant analysis of the Menendez-Kirk bill last year, comments on the new letter on Iran being circulated by Senators Menendez and Graham. The underlying demand that Iran dismantle all its “illicit nuclear infrastructure” is simply not a feasible negotiations outcome. So, if the signatories really mean what that phrase says, then they […]

Statement by Former SFRC / Intelligence Staffer on Menendez-Graham Iran Letter

“The underlying demand that Iran dismantle all its ‘illicit nuclear infrastructure’ is simply not a feasible negotiations outcome,” says National Advisory Board Member Edward Levine. “So, if the signatories really mean what that phrase says, then they do not want these negotiations to succeed.” Levine spent more than 14 years as a senior professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and over 20 years with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Think Progress Story on Iran Quotes Kingston Reif

Experts Challenge Israeli Government’s Position On Final Iran Nuke Deal July 3, 2014 by Ben Armbruster A handful of non-proliferation experts are taking issue with the Israeli position on a final agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, specifically, Israeli demands that the deal model the plan that ridded Syria of its chemical weapons (CW) […]