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How to Stop States from 'Weaponizing' Nuclear Programs

IN THIS ISSUE: How to stop states from 'weaponizing' nuclear programs, Iran nuclear talks, brinkmanship in Greece and Iran, timetable for sanctions removal 'specified,' US says way found to give UN access to suspect Iran sites, Western officials suggest Iran tries to wiggle out of nuclear pledges.

Published on June 30, 2015

How to Stop States from 'Weaponizing' Nuclear Programs

Mark Hibbs | National Interest

In the short term, informed by the fact that several NPT members in good standing have done some nuclear weapons science and engineering, most states will conclude after an Iran deal that Iran is a special case that does not warrant imposing additional blanket restrictions upon the rest. The IAEA will not proselytize in favor of a generalized “AP-Plus” because in its view that could set back universalization of the Additional Protocol.  

Negotiators at Iran Nuclear Talks Give Themselves Another Week

Julian Borger  | Guardian

Today was supposed to be the big day, the deadline for completing a comprehensive and epochal nuclear agreement on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. But, as with every other deadline along the road to this deal, some wiggle room has been found. 

Brinkmanship in Greece and Iran

Mark Hibbs | Strategic Europe

On two very different fronts—Greece and Iran—the world is seeing what happens when one side pushes a negotiation to the edge of failure because it may believe it has supreme leverage.

Iranian Diplomat: Timetable for Sanctions Removal Specified

Fars News Agency

A senior diplomat close to Iran's negotiating team disclosed that Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) have worked out a timetable for sanctions removal during their ongoing talks in Vienna. 

U.S. Says Way Found to Give UN Access to Suspect Iran Sites 

Gulf News

Global powers negotiating with Iran have drawn up a system which will give the UN atomic watchdog access to all suspect Iranian sites, a senior US official said Monday. If the system is agreed to by Iran, then it could mark a potential breakthrough in months of negotiations with the Islamic republic.

Western Officials Suggest Iran Tries to Wiggle Out of Nuclear Pledges

Louis Charbonneau and Arshad Mohammed | Reuters

Iran is backtracking from an interim nuclear agreement with world powers three months ago, Western officials suggested on Sunday, as U.S. and Iranian officials said talks on a final accord would likely run past a June 30 deadline.

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