Iran and EU Announce Framework for Nuclear Accord
Michael Gordon and David Sanger | New York Times
According to European officials, roughly 5,000 centrifuges will remain spinning enriched uranium at the main nuclear site at Natanz. Fordo will be partly converted to advanced nuclear research and the production of medical isotopes. A major reactor at Arak would operate on a limited basis. In return the European Union and the US would begin to lift sanctions.
Minor Issues Remain on Iran Bans in Nuclear Talks: Iran Negotiator
Tehran Times
"Sanctions have many aspects, there are unilateral sanctions, US sanctions, EU sanctions, UNSC sanctions... I should say that many of these aspects have been resolved, but still there are some limited areas that also need to be resolved,” Baeidinejad told Press TV.
Iran Nuclear Talks May Pose Opportunities and Challenges for Turkey
Deniz Arslan | Today's Zaman
Speaking to Today's Zaman, Sinan Ülgen, a former Turkish diplomat who chairs the Istanbul-based think tank Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, argued that Erdogan's Iran outburst has nothing to do with Turkey being worried about Iran's increasing influence.
For John Bolton, War is the Answer
Dana Milbank | Washington Post
Other than George Perkovich, the other panelists, AEI's Nicholas Eberstadt and Michael Rubin, were as dismissive as John Bolton was of the Obama administration's negotiations with Tehran. Eberstadt, borrowing some imagery from last week’s Germanwings crash, said Obama was trying to “lock the Congress out of the cockpit in the negotiations that are ongoing now.”
Western Media Reports on Russian 'Nuclear Threat' Not Serious — Kremlin
ITAR TASS
Western media publications on the alleged nuclear threat from Russia should not be taken seriously, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Peskov commented on the reports claiming that Vladimir Putin is using the threat of a nuclear showdown over the Baltic states in response to the attempts to return Crimea by force.
Israel Declares Successful Stunner Intercept Tests
Barbara Opall-Rome | Defense News
Israel plans to deploy David's Sling as its newest layer of active defenses above Iron Dome — operationally proven against Katyusha and Grad-type rockets — and below Arrow-2, which is designed to intercept Scud- and Shihad-class tactical ballistic missiles.