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President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, on Septrmber 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Opinion: Has Obama made agreement with Iran more difficult?

by Amir Taheri | Apr 17, 2015 | Opinion

Next Wednesday, Iran and the P5+1 group of nations resume talks in the hope of reaching an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue before the June 30 deadline. The hype fomented over the “historic accord” in Lausanne may have made it harder to negotiate an agreement....

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As some Iranians celebrate on a street in northern Tehran after Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers in Lausanne, Switzerland, not everybody is pleased with the deal. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranians celebrate, Obama hails “historic” nuclear framework

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 3, 2015 | Middle East

Lausanne, Switzerland, Reuters—Iranians celebrated in the streets after negotiators reached a framework for a nuclear deal that could bring their country in from the cold, hailed by US President Barack Obama as an “historic understanding” with an old...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, left, during a session of Assembly of Experts in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 (AP Photo)

Opinion: Iran and the Pro-Mullah Lobby’s Arguments

by Amir Taheri | Mar 13, 2015 | Opinion

Campaigning for a deal on the Iranian nuclear issue, the pro-mullah lobby in the West, especially in the United States, often cites three claims in support of President Barack Obama’s appeasement of Tehran. The first is that a deal will help the “reformist” wing of...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif addresses a news conference after a meeting in Vienna November 24, 2014. (Reuters/Leonhard Foeger)

Iran nuclear talks extended 7 months after failing to meet deadline

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 25, 2014 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—Iran and six powers failed on Monday for a second time this year to resolve their 12-year dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, and gave themselves seven more months to overcome the deadlock that has prevented an historic deal. Western...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the Iranian embassy for lunch with former European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna, Austria, on November 18, 2014. (Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Diplomats arrive in Vienna for last-minute talks on Iranian nuclear program

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 18, 2014 | Middle East

London and Vienna, Asharq Al-Awsat—Diplomats from Iran and six world powers arrived in Vienna on Tuesday for key last-ditch talks on the future of Iran’s nuclear program, only days before a self-imposed deadline for a final accord is due to expire. US Undersecretary...