Nuclear Proliferation - Page 102

December 20, 2015

Iran to soon have access to billions in frozen funds as sanctions eased

Iran will soon have access to billions of dollars in previously frozen funds -- and have an easier time trading in crude oil, gold and other high-value materials -- after the U.S. and its partners began easing economic sanctions, in response to the regime scaling back its nuclear work.

December 20, 2015

Top Senate Democrat opposes more Iran sanctions as nuclear deal nears start

A top Senate Democrat said Sunday he does not support bipartisan legislation in his chamber to impose new sanctions on Iran -- one day before the start of an international deal in which that country will curtail its nuclear program in exchange for the easing of existing sanctions.

December 20, 2015

Nuke inspectors in Iran ahead of Monday’s deal deadline, as Senate weighs more sanctions

A team of international inspectors arrived Saturday in Iran, a key step toward fulfilling a deal the country has struck with the United States and other world powers to curtail its nuclear program.

December 20, 2015

Administration accused of keeping text of Iran nuclear deal 'secret'

Republicans are raising concerns about the Obama administration's apparent decision to keep the text of the newly struck Iran nuclear agreement under wraps.

December 20, 2015

Rouhani: World powers ‘surrendered’ to Iran with nuclear deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani boasted on Twitter that the United States and other world powers effectively "surrendered" to Tehran with the newly struck nuclear deal.

December 20, 2015

White House fights Iran sanctions bill as nuclear deal start date announced

Iran and six world powers announced Sunday that they've agreed on the terms for implementing a recently struck nuclear deal -- but the Obama administration continued to battle a bipartisan push for new U.S. sanctions which it claims could jeopardize the pact.

December 20, 2015

Senate support grows for new Iran sanctions, amid White House opposition

Fifty-nine senators now back a new sanctions package they say would increase the pressure on Iran to make nuclear concessions, according to congressional aides. 

December 20, 2015

Iranian cleric: ‘Having a nuclear bomb is necessary to put down Israel’

A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press.

December 20, 2015

Administration stalling release of report on US covert action in Iran, over nuke talk concerns

The Obama administration is stalling the release of a key report detailing U.S. covert action in Iran due to concerns that information about America's activities there could harm ongoing negotiations with Tehran over its contested nuclear program, according to sources in the State Department's Office of the Historian.

December 20, 2015

US delays release of study on 1953 Iran coup

The State Department is delaying the release of a volume from its U.S. foreign relations history that deals with the CIA-backed overthrow of an Iranian prime minister in the 1950s out of concern that publication could undermine nuclear diplomacy with the Islamic republic.