Obama and Iran: A rendezvous with history or failure?
. down letters to the Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, with a fourth one dispatched last month according to the Wall Street Journal. The U.S. administration fully understands that Khamenei holds the keys for a final deal.
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To receive this morning newsletter via email, click here: http://on.wsj.com/MoneyBeatUSSignup. MARKET SNAP: At 6:05 a.m. ET, SandP 500 futures down 0.54%. 10-Year Treasury.. Iran Supreme Leader Holds Key to Deal: U.S. and European officials said.
ANDREW BOSTOM:Preface to ���Irans Final Solution for Israel���
p3 Major-General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior military aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened that any Israeli effort to pre-empt Irans relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons, meant for Israels annihilation, would be countered by retaliatory ���destruction of the Zionist regime by. Iran rejected the U.S. contention that its ballistic missile program must be included as a key component of negotiations on a permanent nuclear agreement.
Federal probe uncovers a racist joke about Obama in official Ferguson email
As Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. prepares to defend Obamacare before the Supreme Court Wednesday, his colleagues at the Justice Department are getting ready to announce the conclusions of their probe of Ferguson, Mo., police... The Wall.
U.S. Caves to Key Iranian Demands as Nuke Deal Comes.
U.S. negotiators are said to have given up ground on demands that Iran be forced to disclose the full range of its nuclear activities at the outset of a nuclear deal, a concession experts say would gut the verification the Obama administration has vowed would stand as the crux of a deal with Iran. Until recently. The Islamic Republic continues to stall United Nations efforts to determine the extent of its past weapons work, according to the Wall Street Journal. By placing��.
Capital Journal Daybreak: Netanyahu Hails US Ties Before Key Speech.
But the rhetorical embraces, in speeches before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, came as Mr. Netanyahu prepared to make his biggest attempt to scuttle a potential deal with Iran. The Israeli leader, who opposes any Iranian nuclear.
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From The Wall Street Journal: Irans Supreme Leader Holds Key to Nuclear Deal: With a key deadline just hours away, U.S. and European officials said nuclear negotiations were imperiled by deep uncertainty over whether Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah .
Capital Journal: Israel Spied on Iran Talks | Ted Cruz Starts Right | Clinton.
Sen. Ted Cruz is seeking the presidential nomination of a Republican Party that appears exceedingly worried about the threat from Islamist terrorists���and notably prepared to take a big step to deal with it. Read Jerry Seibs full post in Washington.
Irans Supreme Leader Holds Key to Nuclear Deal
LAUSANNE, Switzerland���With a key deadline just hours away, U.S. and European officials said nuclear negotiations were imperiled by deep uncertainty over whether Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would sign off on the necessary .
Iran talks should weigh fatwas on nuclear arms: US bishops
Washington (AFP) - Less than a month before a deadline to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, US Catholic bishops are urging negotiators not to underestimate the power of fatwas by Islamic leaders banning atomic weapons.. Iranian leaders say Supreme.
Morning Plum: Will GOP pay any political price for budgetary hocus-pocus?
But they very well might ��� and at that point, a bruising political battle with Democrats will unfold as Republicans move towards a Congressional vote on repealing Obamacare (a key pillar of the GOP fiscal blueprint) and a possible presidential veto.
Irans Unwavering Support to Assads Syria - Carnegie.
Senior Iranian figures, such as former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, have referred to Syria as ���a golden ring of resistance against Israel,��� and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei-confidante Mehdi Taeb said that Syria is Irans ���35th province���if we.. [14] ���Tensions Rise Over Iranian Hostages,��� Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2012; Anne Barnard and Sebnem Arsu, ���Iranian Captives Freed in Prisoner Exchange in Syria,��� New York Times, January 9, 2013.
How to Contain a Nuclear Iran - The American Prospect
Major Asian importers of Iranian oil are thumbing their noses at American attempts to get them to rein in their purchases, dealing a blow to Washingtons efforts to force the Middle Eastern country to curtail its nuclear program. Four years... In an interview with The Wall Street Journal editorial board, Romney said, ���I see Irans leadership as evil.. Beyond the diplomacy, the Obama administration must reassess its approach to another key stakeholder on Iran: Israel.
West Cites Some Progress With Iran in Nuclear Talks
VIENNA���Western officials noted progress in narrowing gaps with Iran over the key question of the countrys future production of nuclear fuel and on ways the West can better track uranium enrichment. The assessments on Tuesday came a day after Iran and .
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Front Pages: WaPo leads with the proposed Arab League joint force. NYT leads with Iran backing away from a key detail in nuclear talks. WSJ gives Sen. Marco Rubios pending announcement the top slot (see below). And USA Today leads with changes to.
Obamas dangerous Iran nuke deal - RenewAmerica
If he succeeds in getting a deal, absent Congress doing anything about it, the Wall Street Journal says it will result in a very different world than the one we have been living in since the dawn of the nuclear age. A world with multiple. There is the Iran of the Supreme Leader and the Revolutionary Guard, both committed to the Islamic revolution that brought the present day Iran into being in 1979. They value.. Education as the key to opportunity and upward mobility.
Eye on Iran: Corker Wants Congress to Review Any Nuclear.
Theres a piece of legislation that wed like to bring forth in a markup next week and because Netanyahu is coming, weve been asked to hold back a week because people dont want it to look as though the legislation is in response to. WSJ: Nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers are getting close to agreement after more than a decade of diplomacy, the European Unions foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini said in an interview with The Wall Street��.
Capital Journal Daybreak: Military Operations in Yemen | Obamas Past.
. FOR IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL. As President Barack Obama gets closer to a nuclear agreement with Iran, his handling of other foreign policy challenges, including Russia and Syria, could complicate his effort to convince Congress that a deal with Tehran.
Capital Journal Daybreak: Netanyahu Hails U.S. Ties Before.
Capital Journal Daybreak: Netanyahu Hails U.S. Ties Before Key Speech | Reagans Lessons for Obama | What the Supreme Court Challenge Means for the Health-Care Law. BEFORE KEY SPEECH, NETANYAHU HAILS U.S. TIES: American and Israeli leaders publicly traded words of admiration, but tensions surrounding U.S. talks with Iran mounted on the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus speech. TRAVIS DOVE FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
Irans Coming Leadership Crisis ��� Men even less likely to.
The Wall Street Journal. Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 powers led by the U.S. are racing against a March 31 deadline to conclude a nuclear deal in Lausanne, Switzerland. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Saturday that. The second development was the election earlier this month of Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a hard-line mullah, to head the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that selects and nominally oversees the supreme leader.
Top-secret U.S. replica of Iran nuclear sites key to weapons.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was among the 47 Republican senators who signed a letter to Iran warning that Congress could torpedo any nuclear deal. Inside a.. Several polls have indicated that Americans would prefer a negotiated solution, but a Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll released March 9 suggested that 71% doubted a deal would keep Iran from eventually getting the bomb.. Iranian Supreme Leaders top aide Ali Akbar Velayati��.
Reports: Obama sent letter to Irans Khamenei - MWC News
Wall Street Journal says US president urged progress in nuclear talks and stressed common interest in fighting ISIL.. They can talk to [Mohammad Javad] Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, and others within the government but its really the Supreme Leader who holds the keys to whether or not they get this done, Lee said. Obama said on Wednesday that his administration has put forward a framework plan for a nuclear agreement with Iran. But he warned it was��.
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Among them is prosecutor Katherine Nayarith Haringhton Padr��n, who has figured prominently in the effort to criminalize dissent by filing highly dubious charges against key opposition leaders, including former National Assembly legislator Maria Corina.
Irans Coming Leadership Crisis
Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 powers led by the U.S. are racing against a March 31 deadline to conclude a nuclear deal in Lausanne, Switzerland.. The second development was the election earlier this month of Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a hard.
Eye on Iran: Irans Ayatollah Sends New Letter to Obama.
WSJ: Irans paramount political figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has responded to overtures from President Barack Obama seeking better relations by sending secret communications of his own to the White House. The Iranian cleric wrote to Mr. Obama in recent weeks in response to an October presidential letter that raised the possibility of U.S.-Iranian cooperation in fighting Islamic State if a nuclear deal is secured, according to an Iranian diplomat.
Top-secret US replica of Iran nuclear sites key to weapons deal
The six world powers are trying to hold down Irans potential breakout period ��� the amount of time that would be needed to produce enough fissile material for a single warhead ��� by limiting the number of centrifuges Iran can have, capping its.
Iranians Keep Hope Alive for Final Nuclear Deal by Jasmin.
In the United States, the negotiations aimed at a final deal between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program ��� in a crucial phase this week ��� are far from the minds of average people.. allegedly sending a secret letter last month to Irans Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, that ���appeared aimed at buttressing the campaign against the Islamic State and nudging Irans religious leader closer to a nuclear deal,��� according to a Nov. 6 report in the Wall Street Journal.
News Roundup and Notes: March 11, 2015
The Wall Street Journal reported last year on the Justice Department program which uses airborne devices that mimic cell towers to hunt criminal suspects. The same technology is used for tracking terror suspects. Administration officials expressed.
Capital Journal Daybreak: Hillary Clinton Flies Without Campaign Net | CIA.
WHITE HOUSE WARNS ON GOP LETTERs IMPACT: Obama administration officials expressed new concern that factions within Iran could use a letter from Republican senators to Tehran leaders to undo a comprehensive nuclear deal, even as they said the deals.
Iran News Latest Real-Time Updates - NewsBlogged
Global powers are racing against the clock to nail down the final pieces of a framework deal aimed at stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb by Tuesdays midnight deadline. Adding to. He said Azizi was being held in Tehrans Evin Prison and has been charged with insulting Irans Supreme leader and spreading propaganda against the Islamic establishment. Posted on 30. Barack Obama Ramps Up Lobbying on Iran as Deadline Looms ��� Wall Street Journal.
New Trier News : Nuclear deal reached with Iran
It is a temporary agreement lasting 6 months and set to take effect on January 20, limiting Irans ability to create a nuclear weapon while easing international sanctions on Irans economy. In Geneva, Switzerland the agreement was. Also, according to the Wall Street Journal, ���P5+1 immediately will begin helping Iran repatriate about $4.2 billion in oil revenues that it hasnt been able to access overseas as a result of the sanctions. Iran is estimated to have $50 billion in��.
Officials Focus on Political Fallout of Possible Iran Deal.
Iran is scheduled to hold two key elections over the next 18 months that many Iran analysts argue could shape the countrys political system for at least a decade.. Mr. Obamas critics, however, argue that a nuclear deal could entrench an Iranian political system led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that has shown little inclination to change since the 1979 Islamic revolution. They say. 20, 1940, the Journal has offered readers an informal look at the capital.