New Khamenei Demands Make Tough Iranian Nuke Talks Even Tougher July 8, 2014 by John Hudson, Colum Lynch Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has laid out an unusually detailed set of demands for what he would accept in a nuclear deal, further complicating the high-stakes efforts to reach an agreement before a July 20 […]
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) […]
Foreign Policy Story on Iran Quotes Laicie Heeley
Exclusive: The Hawks’ Playbook for Opposing an Obama Nuclear Deal with Iran June 27, 2014 by John Hudson Though the United States has yet to secure a final deal to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, an influential pair of hawks in Washington have already devised a way for Congress to unravel any potential agreement after the […]
Netanyahu Offers Views, Not Solutions
“Israel has valid concerns about Iran’s nuclear program; but the most recent International Atomic Energy Agency report, following the implementation of the first-step P5+1-Iran nuclear deal, shows that Iran is complying with the agreement by eliminating its twenty percent enriched uranium stockpile and allowing broad access to its facilities,” said Lt. General (USA ret.) Robert Gard, chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
There Is Not a Military Solution to This
General Gard offered, “There is not a military solution to this. Continuous military strikes would be necessary to prevent the program from advancing, even if we could locate new post-attack facilities.”
