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Fast Forward Understanding the Nuclear Deal With Iran
For the first time in a decade, the United States and a coalition of world powers have reached an agreement with Iran to curb the country’s nuclear program. The deal requires Iran to limit its nuclear enrichment and freeze most of its centrifuges for six months, as well as halt construction on its plutonium reactor….
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Fast Forward White House Insists ‘No Illusions’ on Iran Deal
The Obama administration insisted on strong safeguards in a nuclear deal with Iran and has no illusions about the risks that the Islamic state might not follow through on its obligations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday. Kerry sought to reassure skeptics in the U.S. Congress who worry that the six-month agreement…
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Fast Forward Experts Say Deal Eases Iran Bomb Threat — Despite Israel Objections
A breakthrough agreement between Iran and six world powers to restrain its nuclear programme has been denounced by Israel as an “historical mistake” but should nevertheless make it significantly harder for Tehran to build any atomic bomb. By halting Iran’s most sensitive enrichment of uranium and stopping other aspects of its nuclear activities from expanding,…
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Fast Forward Israel Slams Iran Nuclear Deal as ‘Historic Mistake’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced the world powers’ nuclear agreement with Iran as a historic mistake that left the production of atomic weapons within Tehran’s reach. A grim-faced Netanyahu, who had strongly opposed any easing of economic sanctions against Iran – in a rift with Israel’s main ally, the United States –…
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Fast Forward Iran Clinches Nuclear Deal — Obama Cheers Pact
Iran and six world powers clinched a deal on Sunday curbing the Iranian nuclear programme in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signalling the start of a game-changing rapprochement that could ease the risk of a wider Middle East war. Aimed at ending a long festering standoff, the interim pact between Iran and the United States,…
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Fast Forward Iran Nuclear Deal Nears as Ministers Gather — Issues Remain
Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of five other world powers joined talks on Iran’s contested nuclear programme on Saturday with the two sides edging towards a breakthrough to ease a dangerous decade-old standoff. The Chinese, Russian, French, British and German foreign ministers – Wang Yi, Sergei Lavrov, Laurent Fabius, William Hague and…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Joins Iran Nuclear Talks — Deal Looks in Sight
Secretary of State John Kerry will join talks on Iran’s contested nuclear programme in Geneva on Saturday, as Tehran and six world powers appeared to be on the verge of an elusive breakthrough in the decade-old dispute. The French, British and German foreign ministers, Laurent Fabius, William Hague and Guido Westerwelle, were also due to…
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Fast Forward 56% of Americans Back Iran Nuclear Deal
A poll showed majority support for the Obama administration strategy of easing sanctions on Iran in exchange for a partial rollback of its nuclear program. A CNN poll released Thursday and conducted by ORC international showed 56 percent of respondents favored “an interim deal that would ease some of those economic sanctions and in exchange…
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