December 20, 2015 Administration accused of keeping text of Iran nuclear deal 'secret' Republicans are raising concerns about the Obama administration's apparent decision to keep the text of the newly struck Iran nuclear agreement under wraps.
December 20, 2015 Rouhani: World powers ‘surrendered’ to Iran with nuclear deal Iranian President Hassan Rouhani boasted on Twitter that the United States and other world powers effectively "surrendered" to Tehran with the newly struck nuclear deal.
December 20, 2015 White House fights Iran sanctions bill as nuclear deal start date announced Iran and six world powers announced Sunday that they've agreed on the terms for implementing a recently struck nuclear deal -- but the Obama administration continued to battle a bipartisan push for new U.S. sanctions which it claims could jeopardize the pact.
December 20, 2015 Senate support grows for new Iran sanctions, amid White House opposition Fifty-nine senators now back a new sanctions package they say would increase the pressure on Iran to make nuclear concessions, according to congressional aides.
December 20, 2015 Iranian cleric: ‘Having a nuclear bomb is necessary to put down Israel’ A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press.
December 20, 2015 Administration stalling release of report on US covert action in Iran, over nuke talk concerns The Obama administration is stalling the release of a key report detailing U.S. covert action in Iran due to concerns that information about America's activities there could harm ongoing negotiations with Tehran over its contested nuclear program, according to sources in the State Department's Office of the Historian.
December 20, 2015 US delays release of study on 1953 Iran coup The State Department is delaying the release of a volume from its U.S. foreign relations history that deals with the CIA-backed overthrow of an Iranian prime minister in the 1950s out of concern that publication could undermine nuclear diplomacy with the Islamic republic.
December 20, 2015 Dem think tank secret email: ‘All hands on deck’ to sell Iran deal to public A leading liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., has begun enlisting its associates in an “all-hands-on-deck effort to support” the Obama administration as it seeks to ink a nuclear deal with Iran by the end of the month, according to emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
December 20, 2015 Russia a no-show at meeting planning 2016 nuclear security summit Russia has failed to show up at a meeting planning the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, U.S and European officials said Monday, in a potentially serious blow to efforts by President Barack Obama to cement his legacy as leaving the world safer from nuclear terrorism than when he took office.
December 20, 2015 Obama adviser likened Iran nuclear deal to ObamaCare Deputy National Security Adviser and MFA in creative writing Ben Rhodes likened an Iranian nuclear deal to ObamaCare in a talk to progressive activists last January, according to audio obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.