Two days after dozens of civilians were killed in the Syrian town of Houleh, United Nations envoy Kofi Annan expressed his horror at the incident while visiting Syria. The UN Security Council condemned the brutality, which involved artillery shelling of…
Two days of talks labeled as “very intense” did not lead to any breakthroughs in the Iranian nuclear dispute, but Tehran and the world powers did agree to follow-up meetings in mid-June in Moscow. Following the negotiations, an American official…
Representatives of the P5+1 and Iran met to discuss the latter’s nuclear program on Wednesday, with both sides presenting steps for moving forward towards resolving the dispute. The Fars News Agency reported Iran offered the global group—the United States, the…
Just four months after criticizing Iran’s failure to cooperate, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano announced on Tuesday a decision by the sides to sign an agreement on inspecting Iran’s nuclear program. Israel, however, remains concerned about…
With a rumored concession on allowing Iran some low-level uranium enrichment in the background, Netanyahu again publicly called for the world powers to make clear demands on Iran in Wednesday’s high-stakes meeting. The P5+1—the United States, the United Kingdom, France,…
The nuclear meeting between the P5+1 and Iran set for Wednesday has a definite now or never feel to it. While the West is understandably reticent to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Iranians are making dangerous…