AFP: Countries across the Middle East will want to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran is allowed to develop an atomic bomb, Israel’s president told a French newspaper ahead of a meeting Sunday with his French counterpart.
Israeli president warns over nuclear-armed Iran
Camp Ashraf residents taken hostage twice by Iraqi government
NewsBlaze: Here is an interview with a former hostage who was abducted by Iraqi forces on the previous attack on Camp Ashraf in 2009. They are now dealing again with a similar hostage taking by the Iraqi government after 4 years. This conversation might be of interest to NewsBlaze readers.
Brutal regime has to change
Ham & High: Lord (Anthony) Clarke of Hampstead, 81, a life peer and former Labour Party chairman, writes about the brutal killing of Iranian dissidents in Iraq and calls on Prime Minster David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague to “open their eyes” over the future of Iran
Obama gets Feinstein support to avoid new Iran sanctions
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama received support from the chairman of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee in his efforts to dissuade lawmakers from imposing further sanctions on Iran amid international negotiations.
Israel urges France not to waver on Iran
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged France to stand firm in international negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. “We hope France will not yield,” Netanyahu said in an interview to Le Figaro newspaper due out on Saturday.
US officials: Nuke deal offers Iran minor relief
AP: Iran would get only minor relief from economic sanctions under an international proposal to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons, two Obama administration officials said Friday, seeking to calm concerns in Israel and on Capitol Hill that the U.S. and its allies are giving away too much to Tehran.
US believes Iran deal ‘possible’ at next talks
AFP: US officials gearing up for new talks with Iran said Friday a deal could be struck next week in the decade-long bid to rein in its nuclear program, but warned tough issues and Congress could still scupper the negotiations.
U.S. needs to keep promises
Roll Call: It’s been two years since U.S. troops left Iraq, having rid the country of Saddam Hussein and ostensibly leaving behind a democracy that would be a model for the region. We say ostensibly because that certainly hasn’t been the case. Our efforts on that front appear to have been in vain.
Albania refuses to accept Syria’s chemical weapons
AP: The mission to destroy Syria’s poison gas stockpile was dealt a serious blow Friday when Albania refused to host the destruction, but the global chemical weapons watchdog said it is still confident it can eradicate the arsenal outside Syria by the middle of next year.
Bid for more sanctions on Iran could reach Senate next week
Reuters: Legislation to impose tough new sanctions on Iran could come to the Senate floor next week, just as diplomats head to Geneva for a third round of talks aimed at curbing Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons work.
