The IAEA confirmed Monday that Iran has officially ceased all uranium enrichment beyond 5 percent in line with the Nov. 24 “Joint Plan of Action” (JPOA). Iran has also begun diluting its current stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium, and the IAEA has commenced daily inspections at Iran’s Natanz and Fordow enrichment facilities.
Editorials Opposing New Sanctions on Iran
By Andrew Szarejko “If the bill becomes law, Iran will correctly understand it as a means of subverting the Obama administration’s diplomatic effort to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal. Iran’s leaders have threatened to abandon negotiations altogether if the bill passes, but even if they don’t, making progress will become difficult if not impossible.” Reprinted […]
Editorials Opposing New Sanctions on Iran
By Andrew Szarejko Last updated January 17, 2014 Bloomberg, January 16, 2014 “If the bill becomes law, Iran will correctly understand it as a means of subverting the Obama administration’s diplomatic effort to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal. Iran’s leaders have threatened to abandon negotiations altogether if the bill passes, but even if they don’t, making […]
An Insurance of Failure in Iran
Senator Robert Menendez OpEd in the January 10, 2014 Washington Post (A Diplomatic Insurance Policy Against Iran) advocates a policy that will ensure failure. If S.1881 (the so-called Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act) should pass over a promised presidential veto, it is highly likely to scuttle the negotiations between the P-Five plus one and Iran to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
Voices of Russia Discusses Iran Nuclear Deal & Menendez-Kirk with Laicie Heeley
Director of Middle East and Defense Policy, Laicie Heeley joins Voices of Russia to discuss the first-step deal with Iran and Menendez-Kirk sanctions bill.
