Welcome to the Forward’s coverage on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Here you can find plenty of information, old and new, on the 2015 agreement that eased sanctions on Iran to keep Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump pulled out…
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Community Can Europe Save the Iran Deal?
President Trump has put the Iran nuclear deal on life support by pulling out the U.S. and reapplying extensive sanctions. Should the deal be saved? Can it be — and if so, how? Almost all observers outside his political base — which seems to be the main target of the president’s action — agree the…
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Fast Forward Iran Threatens To Restart Its Nuclear Program On ‘Industrial Scale’
(JTA) — Iran threatened to start nuclear enrichment on an “industrial scale” following the United States’ decision to exit a deal offering Tehran international sanctions relief. In a statement Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he would embark on a round of international diplomacy to try and save the deal, which the United States,…
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Opinion Abandoning Iran Deal, U.S. Joins Israel In Axis Of Escalation
After 9/11, a colleague turned to me and said, “We’re all Israelis now.” Listening to Donald Trump announce that the United States will brazenly violate its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal, I had a similar thought. In the outlooks of their governments, Israel and the United States are now one. Ideologically, it no longer…
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Fast Forward Trump Pulls U.S. From Iran Nuclear Deal, Says He Will Reimpose Sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Trump said on Tuesday he was reimposing economic sanctions on Iran and pulling the United States out of an international agreement aimed at stopping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. The decision is likely to raise the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upset America’s European allies and disrupt global…
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Fast Forward Trump Decision On Iran Deal Coming Tuesday
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would announce his decision on whether and how to stay in the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. “I will be announcing my decision on the Iran deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00 pm,” Trump said Monday afternoon on Twitter. Trump has signaled that he would like…
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Fast Forward Republican House Armed Service Chair Warns Trump Against Leaving Iran Deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican leader of the House Armed Services Committee said President Trump should not walk away from the Iran nuclear deal. President Trump is facing a May 12 deadline on whether to re-impose sanctions against Iran. Texas Congressman Mac Thornberry said on Fox News Sunday it would be a mistake for Trump…
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Fast Forward Israeli Spy Firm Denies Trump Team Hired Them To ‘Get Dirt’ On Obama Officials
Updated May 7 Israeli private intelligence company Black Cube strongly denied Sunday that it was hired by aides to President Trump to spy on former Obama administration officials. The denial comes a day after the British newspaper The Observer reported that an Israeli intelligence firm had been hired by Trump’s aides to spy on former…
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Opinion Trump Is Going to Nix the Iran Deal. Now What?
As a proud veteran of the Obama Administration, I don’t think it surprises anyone that I am a supporter of the Iran nuclear deal. It was not a perfect deal — there was no such thing — but it removed key materials and infrastructure from Iran’s possession and imposed an intrusive monitoring regime, ensuring that…
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