AFP: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi headed to Geneva Saturday to join US Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, the government said. “The nuclear discussions are entering their final phase,” it added.
China foreign minister heads to Geneva for Iran talks
Obama’s Iran capitulation
New York Daily News: A President desperate to change the subject and a secretary of state desperate to make a name for himself are reportedly on the verge of an “interim” nuclear agreement with Iran. France called it a “sucker’s deal.” France was being charitable.
Iran is playing Obama, says savvy Saudi prince
Bloomberg: Obama, Alwaleed says, is a man who is in desperate political straits and needs a victory — any victory — to right his presidency. “Obama is in so much of a rush to have a deal with Iran,” he said. “He wants anything. He’s so wounded. It’s very scary.
US Iran policy is ‘recipe for disaster’
The Hill: “Always believe the threats of your enemies, more than the promises of your friends,” Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel has said. This wise advice is becoming a cold reality for many of America’s longtime allies in the Middle East.
Refugee camp is Iraq and America’s shame
Washington Times: Members of Congress and former diplomats Thursday invoked John F. Kennedy, the civil rights movement and Thanksgiving as they called on President Obama to keep America’s promise to protect Iranian dissidents languishing in an Iraqi refugee camp.
Iran digs in heels on enrichment avowal
UPI: Iran said the West must affirm its right to enrich uranium or there’s no deal, as the U.S. Senate majority leader called for prompt new sanctions if talks fail. The Obama administration argues the U.N. Non-Proliferation Treaty doesn’t recognize every country’s right to produce nuclear fuel.
Hezbollah actions in Syria endanger Lebanon: president
AFP: Lebanese President Michel Sleiman warned Thursday that groups involved in the conflict in neighbouring Syria are endangering the peace and unity of his country, in a clear reference to Hezbollah.
Iran deal stuck over uranium enrichment
Wall Street Journal: Iran’s demand that the West recognize what it says is its right to enrich uranium has emerged as one of the final missing pieces in an interim nuclear agreement with global powers, according to Iranian, American and European officials.
‘No progress’ on day 2 of Iran talks
The Hill: A second day of nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva wrapped up Thursday with “no progress” on major points of disagreement, a top Iranian diplomat said. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the comments to Iran’s Mehr news agency, according to the AFP.
Iran deal falters as negotiators cite little progress
Bloomberg: Negotiators weren’t able to reach agreement on a first-step accord to resolve a decade-old dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, reducing the likelihood that foreign ministers will arrive to strike a deal after two days of negotiations in Geneva.
