Special to WorldTribune.com The nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers is not an agreement or a contract, according to the founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is merely a “set of understandings and disputes compiled into a single document,” Yigal Carmon wrote on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has the power to at any time cancel the nuclear deal with world powers, analysts said on Oct. 25. Yigal Carmon, the president of the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), and Ayelet Savyon, the head of the institute’s Iran desk, wrote in an analysis that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the country’s nuclear deal with world powers to be implemented, but attached a list of conditions to his nod of approval. Khamenei, who gave the green light for the deal in an Oct. 21 letter to President Hassan Rouhani, said all sanctions on Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. President Barack Obama on Oct. 18 ordered the lifting of sanctions against Iran and for billions of dollars of its assets to be unfrozen. The president made the announcement on what was labeled “adoption day” of the Iranian nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Obama said the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In implementing the Iran nuclear framework, President Barack Obama may be the law, according to a report on Oct. 9. A provision in the Iran deal that allows foreign subsidiaries of U.S. individuals or companies to conduct business in Iran is a blatant violation of U.S. federal law, Fox News reported. U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Obama administration is naive if it thinks the nuclear accord will lead to restored relations between the United States and Iran, a top Iranian cleric said on Sept. 24. “The U.S. wants to say that, following [the conclusion of] the JCPOA, the ice has been broken between the two countries; but […]