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Israel

As U.S. robustly debates Iran deal, Western Europe exhibits ‘fatigue’

Written by Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage The Iran nuclear deal has dominated the foreign policy debate in the U.S. this summer, with Congress in the midst of a 60-day period to review the agreement. But America is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to

Barack Obama

State Dept. censored video on Iran nuke deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — A State Department official deliberately cut several minutes of videotape from a news briefing dealing with sensitive questions about U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations before posting the footage to its website and YouTube, the agency said Wednesday. In the Dec. 2, 2013, briefing, a reporter asked about the

Democrats

Senate blocks bid to bar buying Iran’s ‘heavy water’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday blocked a Republican effort aimed at undercutting last year's landmark international nuclear deal with Iran. The Senate fell three votes short of the 60-vote threshold — 57-42 — to move ahead on the amendment sponsored by freshman Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Cotton&

Massachusetts

Chinese man sentenced in Boston for role in Iran nuke plot, Iranian co-organizer goes free

BOSTON – A Chinese national who facilitated the sale of nuclear technology to Iran will spend almost a decade in jail while his Iranian accomplice roams free as part of a deal between the governments of the United States and Iran. Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the

Massachusetts

Boston prosecutors drop charges against Iranian national in wake of nuclear deal

BOSTON –President Barack Obama's landmark nuclear deal with Iran is paying dividends for one criminal defendant charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with helping Iran in its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. Not so for the Iranian man's alleged accomplice, a Chinese national.

congress

GOP-led panel passes bill for oversight of Iran nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-led House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday approved legislation that would give Congress greater oversight of the landmark nuclear deal with Iran. Passage of the bill comes as the United States is poised to begin lifting sanctions against Iran, possibly as early as this month, as Tehran

Barack Obama

Netanyahu to Jewish Federations: U.S., Israel ‘should work together’ on Iran

Despite their disagreement over the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. and Israel "can and should work together now" to ensure that Iran complies with the agreement and to curb Iranian aggression throughout the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at the General Assembly of

washington

UAE to US lawmaker: We have a right to enrich uranium, too

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid fears of an atomic arms race in the Middle East, a senior United Arab Emirates official has told a top U.S. lawmaker that it too might seek the right to enrich uranium that Iran has asserted under the recently signed nuclear deal. The landmark Iran accord