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Obama Aides Launch Preemptive Attack on New Iran Plan

From On October 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Although the place and time of the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have not yet been announced, the manoeuvring by Iran and the United States to influence the outcome has already begun.

Iran sought support for a revised proposal to the talks during the United Nations General [...]

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Sanger in the NYT: Iran’s 9-step nuclear plan dismissed by US

From On October 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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David E. Sanger reports for the New York Times that Iran sought to use its UN venue last week to “drum up support” for a negotiating strategy of lifting sanctions in tandem with a “nine-step plan” for “gradually suspending” uranium enrichment:

The Iranian plan is based on a proposal made [...]

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IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity

From On September 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent enriched uranium available for any possible “breakout” to weapons grade enrichment over the last three months rather than increasing it.

Contrary to the impression conveyed by most news media coverage, [...]

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Gary Sick on U.S. government leaks ahead of Iran nuclear talks

From On April 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

On Sunday former US national security advisor and Iran expert Dr. Gary Sick wrote the following about U.S. government leaks to news outlets ahead of expected renewed talks between the P5+1 this month. PBS Frontline’s Tehran Bureau included his commnetary in their “Media Watch” yesterday:

“If it’s Sunday,” Columbia University scholar Gary [...]

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FDD Opens Iran Confab; Dinner at Oren's? (Nope! UPDATED)

From On December 11, 2010 · 2 Comments

(UPDATED: Below I guessed that the FDD fundraiser at the residence of an unnamed ambassador to the U.S. would be at Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s house. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Turns out it was a Pakistani ambassador Husain Haqqani’s house. That wasn’t the end of the story, however. FDD didn’t notify the embassy either that the [...]

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"NYT Seriously Distorted the Content" of WikiLeaks Cables

From On December 8, 2010 · 2 Comments

The U.S. media has been quick to accept that Arab countries share a hawkish view on Iran after the release of the WikiLeaks cables. The New York Times was at the front of this push to portray Arab leaders as just as hawkish as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party on Iran.

“The cables [...]

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The NYTimes Walks Back Their Iran Alarmism

From On December 3, 2010 · 2 Comments

On Sunday, the New York Times published an alarming piece by William Broad, James Glanz, and David Sanger claiming that Iran had acquired nearly twenty BM-25 missiles from North Korea that “could for the first time give Iran the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe or easily reach Moscow.” The article was [...]

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Did Israel Cyber-Attack Iran?

From On November 19, 2010 · 2 Comments

It looks that way — or the Israelis could simply want people to think that. But, whatever the truth, they seem to be coyly admitting to this summer’s massive cyber-attack against Iran.

The New York Times looks back at Stuxnet, the worm that targeted computers in Iran, specifically, those linked to Iran’s centrifuge work [...]

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Obama's latest offer to Iran revealed

From On October 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Even though Iran has yet to respond to an invitation for the P5+1 talks that are now only a few weeks away, officials in the Obama administration are leaking details to the New York Times of an offer that could be on the table.

David Sanger, who I’m told views himself as something of [...]

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The Daily Talking Points

From On October 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for October 28, 2010.

Foreign Policy: Marc Lynch blogs that while the White House is considering “talk[ing] more openly about military options [against Iran],” according to The New York Times’ David Sanger, such rhetoric would be counterproductive and dangerous. Lynch warns that if the Iranians return [...]

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