Sanctions on Iran ‘cost West billions’
According to our study, the United States is by far the biggest loser of all nations enforcing sanctions on Iran. From 1995 to 2012, the U.S. sacrificed between $134.7 and $175.3 billion in potential export revenue to Iran.
Why We Must Give Iran Nuclear Deal A Chance
The United States could be on the verge of securing a historic agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, one that verifiably limits it and opens the door to further cooperation between the two countries. Yet with a diplomatic victory on the horizon, the rhetoric of those who have long opposed any diplomatic resolution is reaching dizzying heights of disingenuousness.
Congress races to distort facts and kill Iran opening
From IranFact.org At the UN this week, the world saw a very different exchange between the U.S. and Iran than in the past years. Iranian President Rouhani declared that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons and seeks to remove “mutual uncertainties with full transparency,” saying Iran “does not seek to increase tensions with the United States.” […]
Nuclear deal drafted Wednesday, signatures due Friday
An agreement calling for Iran to send its domestically-produced low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment and then have it returned for medical use (what is being called by some the “elegant solution”) was accepted by negotiators in Wednesday’s negotiations in Vienna. Friday is the current deadline for delegations from France, Russia, the US, and Iran to sign it. […]
Hikers’ families submit 2,500-signature petition to Iran’s U.N. mission for their release
Thursday, the families of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal, three U.S. hikers detained in Tehran July 31 for allegedly crossing its border illegally from northern Iraq, submitted the petition calling for their release “as soon as possible.” The hikers’ mothers have been actively gaining support at vigils with petitions, speaking with the media, and pressing […]
“IAEA: Iran broke law by not revealing nuclear facility”
In a statement made to CNN-IBN, Mohamed El Baradei said of the recently revealed nuclear facility in Iran near Qom: “Iran was supposed to inform us on the day it was decided to construct the facility. They have not done that. They are saying that this was meant to be a back-up facility in case […]