Tag: JCPOA
Iran and Israel’s strategic paradox
The past year was very good for Israel, security-wise. The number of attacks was relatively low, and the intensive focus on the pandemic (and elections) pushed aside issues that in normal times would have...
Israeli president’s diplomatic tour of Europe gets underway in Berlin
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin landed in Berlin on Tuesday, kicking off a diplomatic tour of Europe at the invitation of the presidents of Germany, Austria and France.
Rivlin, who was accompanied by Israel Defense Forces...
Iran warns time is running out to revive nuclear deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States must quickly work to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, due to Iran’s presidential elections scheduled...
Report: Returning to original 2015 Iran nuclear deal would be ‘nearly impossible’
A new report by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) details how it would nearly impossible both politically and technically for the Biden administration to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the...
Through its Yemen maneuver, the Biden administration is giving a free pass to Iran
The Biden administration removed the Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) in Yemen from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations on Feb. 16 after they were added to the list by the previous administration in January, shortly before...
The ayatollah-led regime will soon fall, says Iran’s exiled crown prince
Israel and Iran are archenemies; that is a simple fact of the modern Middle East. So much so that is it easy to forget that this was not always the case. In fact, Iran...
Elliott Abrams: ‘There is no reason to make all sorts of concessions to Iran’
Elliott Abrams is no stranger to Washington, specifically U.S. foreign policy, having served in the Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. He also served under longtime Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.),...
Realigning Post-JCPOA Diplomacy: Breaking off European Players
Today's report that President Trump is to impose a complete ban on all German luxury cars comes as a shock, particularly since today his aluminum and steel tariff on some of the US's closest...
Netanyahu to meet Merkel and Macron as EU considers salvaging nuclear deal with Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week. Netanyahu is expected to press the European leaders on Iranian...
Closure of Iran file was collusion by Obama administration, Europeans, IAEA
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, could not be achieved until Iran was cleared of suspicions that it had worked on developing nuclear weapons. This was...