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May 24, 2021

Iran agrees to extend deal on cameras at its nuclear sites

Iran and the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agreed Monday to a one-month extension to a deal on surveillance cameras at Tehran’s atomic sites, buying more time for ongoing negotiations seeking to save the country’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers.

May 9, 2021

Rebecca Grant: Blinken blew it at G7 – Yes, America is trying to contain China (and its space junk)

"It is not our purpose to try to contain China or to hold China down," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said before meeting G7 foreign ministers last week. Where is John Foster Dulles when you need him?

May 4, 2021

House Republicans sound alarm on Iran's secretive nuclear program as inspectors face hurdles

Top Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Tuesday, asking he provide a detailed strategy to ensure Iran’s nuclear transparency as the two nations engage in indirect nuclear talks.

May 3, 2021

Iran sought nuclear weapons, technology for WMDs last year, reports find

The Islamic Republic of Iran made multiple attempts in 2020 to obtain technology for its weapons of mass destruction program and has not stopped its drive to develop atomic weapons, intelligence agencies from the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany recently reported.

April 29, 2021

Mike Pompeo: John Kerry and Iran – American people deserve an explanation from former secretary of state

It is quite possible that while I was briefing President Trump about Iranian operations in Syria, Kerry was briefing Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and other top Iranian officials about Israeli operations there.   

April 26, 2021

Iran’s top diplomat, in leaked recording, offers blunt comments about Russia, Soleimani

A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has been leaked, providing a rare look inside the country's theocracy. 

April 21, 2021

Head of US nuclear arsenal rejects calls to scrap ground-based missiles

The head of America's nuclear arsenal issued a chilling warning on Capitol Hill this week that for the first time in history the United States is now facing two nuclear powers at the same time: Russia and China – and he can’t do it with today’s aging stockpile.  

April 15, 2021

What are the Iran nuclear talks about?

Negotiations to bring the United States back into a landmark nuclear deal with Iran resumed Thursday in Vienna amid signs of progress — but also under the shadow of an attack this week on Iran’s main nuclear facility.

April 11, 2021

Iran's Natanz nuclear facility suffers electrical problem: state TV

Iran's Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported.

April 7, 2021

James Carafano: Biden vs. Iran – nuclear talks should worry US, allies. Here's how to get a real deal

The cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal has been unstuck, but Team Biden’s Middle East policy is still bogged down, going nowhere. In a best case scenario, we can look forward to months of fruitless negotiations with Iran that finally produce … nothing.