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Security Council Resolutions: Barrier to Iran Nuclear Deal?

From On November 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

by François Nicoullaud Paris, France—This is not the first time that we may have trapped ourselves when drafting UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions that were intended to trap another country—in this case, Iran. The present situation recalls in some respects the period around 1997 when most Security Council members would have liked to rescind, or

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Domestic political pressure spiked Ahmadinjad's Fuel Swap push

From On January 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A WikiLeaks cable reported this week suggested that the main Iranian obstacle to striking a nuclear fuel swap deal with the West was not the deal itself (or the Western countries involved), but internal Iranian politics.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took heat from his right flank on the issue during a 2009 push for [...]

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Iran/P5+1 Talks Conclude, Next Meeting in January

From On December 8, 2010 · 2 Comments

Two days of talks between Iran and the P5+1 — the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany — came to a close on Tuesday in Geneva. It’s no surprise that there was no agreement, given how far apart the sides started off. Incoming report indicate there was progress as both sides made [...]

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