What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About Making a Deal With Iran
Nicholas Wright and Karim Sadjadpour | Atlantic
“Imagine being told that you cannot do what everyone else is doing,” appealed Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in a somber YouTube message defending the country’s nuclear program in November. “Would you back down? Would you relent? Or would you stand your ground?”
Negotiators Put Final Touches on Iran Accord
Michael R. Gordon and and Eric Schmitt | New York Times
Iran and a group of six world powers completed a deal on Sunday that will temporarily freeze much of Tehran’s nuclear program starting next Monday, Jan. 20, in exchange for limited relief from Western economic sanctions.
Pressure Mounts on Reid as 58 Senators Back Iran Sanctions
John Hudson | Foreign Policy
In a surprise development in Congress, a long-building effort to impose new sanctions on Iran has reached a near-filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
EU Sanctions Relief for Iran to Go Fully Into Effect on January 20
Reuters
European Union governments will implement all EU sanctions relief for Iran covered by a landmark nuclear deal on Jan. 20, the day the agreement takes effect - including lifting a ban on insuring its oil, officials said on Monday.
World Powers Agree with Iran Installing New Generation Centrifuges for Research
Fars News Agency
The world powers have voiced consent to the installation of new generation centrifuges for research purposes by Iran before declaring their Sunday night agreement on the start of the implementation of the Geneva interim nuclear deal on January 20, senior Iranian parliamentary officials announced on Monday.
Iran, Russia Negotiating Big Oil-For-Goods Deal
Reuters
Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods swap worth $1.5 billion a month that would let Iran lift oil exports substantially, in defiance of Western sanctions that helped force Tehran to agree a preliminary deal to end its nuclear program.