Was the assassination in Iran another Israeli effort to sabotage JCPOA?
Previous killings all took place at times when Washington and Tehran appeared to be on the cusp of a diplomatic breakthrough.
Previous killings all took place at times when Washington and Tehran appeared to be on the cusp of a diplomatic breakthrough.
Recent violence in Jerusalem is complicating normalization efforts in the Middle East.
Their ongoing influence is effective even today, as Biden remains reluctant to lift IRGC terror listing to make way for JCPOA renewal.
What happened to the men coming back from JCPOA renewal talks is embarrassing and troubling for its implications.
Regular Iranians are finding it impossible to visit and work in the US due to Trump’s eleventh hour poison pill for JCPOA renewal.
A new book dives into the origins of animosity between Washington and Tehran and offers ideas on how to work toward normalizing relations.
Absent renewal, the two parties risk ‘entering into a state of corrosive stalemate’ and a potential crisis in the Middle East.
Washington sends arms to Europe to fight for democracy, while American weapons to Arab autocrats help defeat the struggle for freedom.
But after protests in Afghanistan and a recent knife attack against Shiite clerics, it may not be as smooth as Tehran had hoped.
Earlier reports on the April 7 attack said the Syria base was hit by rockets. This sounds much more portentous.
What the historic Negev Desert meeting this week says about the emerging power re-alignment in the region.
US and Iranian officials appear fixated on the costs of JCPOA re-entry, but they’ll pay a far higher price if they fail to get an agreement.
Nuclear deal opponents are whining about this non-issue as it’s reportedly the remaining sticking point in re-entry talks.
In their approach to Iran, Western policymakers should think beyond non-proliferation to account for the country’s attempts at strategic balancing.
All the cards have been tossed in the air — including the Vienna talks over the JCPOA — and it is unclear how they will land now.
Increasingly, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and others are realizing their ability to hedge for their own interests is narrowing.
Moscow is playing hardball, but the question remains: do they mean to make the others sweat or scuttle the deal completely?
Why could Tehran want to sign anything now? To have a likely ’24 presidential candidate say this now is a deal killer.
In response to Western sanctions after the Ukraine invasion, Moscow has turned to the JCPOA talks to seek relief.
Time needed to enrich enough uranium for one bomb is academic as long as Iran never tries to do it; and if it does, we’ll know far in advance.
It is kind of a non-doctrine that balances manifold priorities and values in ways that can be helpful and, at times, frustrating.