“Our next agreement will be on our civil rights!” was one of the slogans people chanted in Tehran only hours after a nuclear agreement was reached on April 2, during their street celebrations. During his election campaign, President Hassan Rouhani repeatedly pledged to observe citizens’ rights, end the house arrest of the Green Movement […]
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Nuclear watchdog to visit Iran next month
The head of International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has invited the agency to visit Arak’s heavy-water plant on December 8, taking a concrete step to ease concerns about its nuclear program. Iran reached a preliminary agreement with the 5+1 on Sunday, and the UN nuclear watchdog is now examining how the agreement will […]
Obama Defends Iran Nuclear Deal
U.S. President Barack Obama has pushed back at critics of the recent international nuclear agreement with Iran. Speaking in San Francisco on November 25, Obama accused critics of playing political games instead of backing what was best for American security. “Tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but it’s […]