A sanctions relief package offered to Iran as part of nuclear negotiations could be worth up to $40 billion to Tehran, or 40 percent of the impact of the sanctions, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday. Israel is strongly opposed to a package of sanctions relief, which the United States says will be limited…
Secretary of State John Kerry will tell U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday it would be a mistake for Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran now amid talks with Tehran over its nuclear program, the State Department said. Kerry wants a “temporary pause” on new sanctions to allow diplomats from six world powers, including the United…
Israeli President Shimon Peres and United States Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro told North American Jewish leaders that they have confidence in U.S. determination to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Addressing a plenary session at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Jerusalem on Monday, Shapiro stressed the United States’ and…
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped an agreement to end a dispute over Iran’s nuclear program would be completed within months, although Washington was not engaged in a race to seal a deal. Iran and six world powers came close to a preliminary agreement at the weekend during talks in Geneva…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday it was good that world powers had failed to clinch a nuclear deal with Iran and that he had lobbied against easing sanctions by telling leaders “What’s the rush?” But he said he recognised there was still “a strong desire” to reach an accord with Iran and…
France warned of serious stumbling blocks to a long-sought accord with Iran as unity among Western powers seemed to fray in talks on getting Tehran to curtail a nuclear programme seen as a bomb risk in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. Iranian media quoted the Islamic Republic’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, as saying…
Jewish groups were split Friday over a possible nuclear deal with Iran as the White House called Israeli and Saudi criticism premature and unease about the plan grew among U.S. lawmakers and Middle Eastern allies. “There is no deal, but there is an opportunity here for a possible diplomatic solution, and that is exactly what…
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday important gaps needed to be bridged in high-stakes talks with Iran on curbing its nuclear programme and he would meet Tehran’s foreign minister shortly to try to clinch an interim deal. “I want to emphasise there is not an agreement at this point,” Kerry said shortly after…
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