Los Angeles Times: nalogies between Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s negotiations with Iran and the negotiations the Reagan administration undertook with the Soviet Union have become commonplace. But is Hassan Rouhani really another Mikhail Gorbachev?
Iran’s Rouhani: He’s no Gorbachev
Israel blasts Iran nuclear deal as ‘historic mistake’
AFP: Israel on Sunday lashed out at the Geneva nuclear deal brokered by world powers as being heavily stacked in Iran’s favour, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it a “historic mistake.”
Iran’s Khamenei hails nuclear deal
AFP: Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed on Sunday the “achievement” of the country’s negotiating team in clinching a long-elusive nuclear deal with world powers, Fars news agency reported.
Cornyn: Iran deal an ObamaCare distraction
The Hill: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) dismissed a nuclear deal struck between leading world diplomats and Iran as a further attempt by the Obama administration to distract from the botched rollout of the healthcare reform law.
Obama calls Iran nuclear deal an important first step
UPI: Iran will halt key portions of its nuclear program in return for the easing of economic sanctions under an interim deal reached early Sunday, diplomats said. U.S. President Obama said the agreement “achieves a great deal.”
What’s in the Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal: Western officials said the deal will halt the growth of Iran’s nuclear program; roll back key parts of the nuclear complex; step up monitoring; and expand the time it will take Iran to “break out” and produce weapons-grade fuel.
Six powers clinch breakthrough deal curbing Iran’s nuclear activity
Reuters: Iran and six world powers clinched a deal on Sunday curbing the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signaling the start of a game-changing rapprochement that could ease the risk of a wider Middle East war.
Iran talks: A ‘suddenly nothing happened’ story
Sky News: I’d been slumped in an armchair in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva for several hours when suddenly nothing happened. The Iran nuclear talks dragged on. And on. And nothing happened.
Iran nuclear talks ‘remain difficult’: Hague
AFP: Negotiations between world powers and Iran over the Islamic republic’s controversial nuclear programme “remain difficult” and any deal must be worthwhile, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday.
Kerry, Russian FM join Iran nuclear talks
AP: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of other major powers were converging Saturday to lend their weight to the Iran nuclear talks after envoys reported progress in marathon negotiations to curb the Iranian program in return for limited sanctions relief.
