I often think memories can be very weak in diplomacy. President Obama's administration has been willing to talk to Iran. Iran should solidify a strong agreement while this administration governs and the US continues interest in peace and non-proliferation.
It was not long ago that a US administration would not even talk to Iran. It is time to get this done to satisfy global powers to the sincere will of Iran to participate as a peaceful government and not one interested in the power of war.
In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif, as they walk in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the next
round of nuclear discussions. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)
June 30, 2015
By AP
VIENNA — Pushing (click here) past a Tuesday deadline, world powers and Iran extended negotiations for a comprehensive nuclear agreement by a week as the U.N. nuclear agency prepared to announce Tehran had met a key condition — significantly reducing its stocks of enriched uranium that could be used for atomic weapons.
Iran's failure to comply would have severely undermined the negotiations, which are aimed at curbing the Iranians' nuclear program for a decade in exchange for tens of billions of dollars in relief from international economic sanctions
The State Department announced the extra days of talks only hours before the expiration of the target date for their completion. Thoughts of meeting the deadline had been long-abandoned, but the extension has added significance as it holds in place nuclear restrictions that Iran agreed to some 20 months ago as well as slightly eased conditions for Iranian business with the world.
Those preliminary measures have been prolonged to next Tuesday "to allow more time for negotiations to reach a long-term solution," spokeswoman Marie Harf said.? The statement came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a day of meetings in Vienna with the foreign ministers of Iran and Russia, and other key officials....
It was not long ago that a US administration would not even talk to Iran. It is time to get this done to satisfy global powers to the sincere will of Iran to participate as a peaceful government and not one interested in the power of war.
In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif, as they walk in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the next
round of nuclear discussions. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File) June 30, 2015
By AP
VIENNA — Pushing (click here) past a Tuesday deadline, world powers and Iran extended negotiations for a comprehensive nuclear agreement by a week as the U.N. nuclear agency prepared to announce Tehran had met a key condition — significantly reducing its stocks of enriched uranium that could be used for atomic weapons.
Iran's failure to comply would have severely undermined the negotiations, which are aimed at curbing the Iranians' nuclear program for a decade in exchange for tens of billions of dollars in relief from international economic sanctions
The State Department announced the extra days of talks only hours before the expiration of the target date for their completion. Thoughts of meeting the deadline had been long-abandoned, but the extension has added significance as it holds in place nuclear restrictions that Iran agreed to some 20 months ago as well as slightly eased conditions for Iranian business with the world.
Those preliminary measures have been prolonged to next Tuesday "to allow more time for negotiations to reach a long-term solution," spokeswoman Marie Harf said.? The statement came after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a day of meetings in Vienna with the foreign ministers of Iran and Russia, and other key officials....
