World press on the Iranian nuclear deal (November 20, 2014)The last round of talks between Iran and the six international mediators began in Vienna yesterday. The subject of the Iranian nuclear deal is in the focus of today's media."The pro-sanctions, anti-Iran contingent grows" is an op-ed which appeared today in the Washington Post. "As the chances of a final deal between Iran and the P5+1 shrink, another conflict between President Obama and Congress looms," the article reads."Yesterday, 41 Republican senators signed onto a letter to the president drafted by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) expressing alarm about 'recent developments in your administration’s policy toward Iran, including reports that your administration plans to circumvent Congress and unilaterally provide significant sanctions relief under a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran.' The letter continued, 'Reported plans to circumvent Congress suggest that your negotiators may be concluding a weak and dangerous deal which will prove unacceptable to the American people.'""Kerry Meets French Counterpart Ahead of Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna" is another article on the subject which appeared in the New York Times today. "Experts have little expectation that an accord, if it can be achieved next week by the negotiating countries — Iran, the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China — will be the comprehensive and detailed agreement the West has long sought. And some of the United States’ negotiating partners have already begun to send signals that the immediate goal is a partial understanding that would codify fresh progress while extending the negotiating deadline yet again," the article reads."Even securing a partial understanding, however, will prove challenging. In a bit of diplomatic jockeying, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said this week that an agreement was possible, but only if the United States and other world powers did not make unreasonable demands.""Russian officials, in anonymous comments to Russian news outlets, have echoed the theme that it is up to Mr. Kerry to show flexibility, especially regarding the pace at which economic sanctions on Iran would be lifted. Mr. Kerry, in contrast, has cautioned that it is time for Iran to make the hard decisions about which nuclear constraints it is prepared to accept," the newspaper sums up the major controversy between Iran and the six international mediators.
The last round of talks between Iran and the six international mediators began in Vienna yesterday. The subject of the Iranian nuclear deal is in the focus of today's media."The pro-sanctions, anti-Iran contingent grows" is an op-ed which appeared today in the Washington Post. "As the chances of a final deal between Iran and the P5+1 shrink, another conflict between President Obama and Congress looms," the article reads."Yesterday, 41 Republican senators signed onto a letter to the president drafted by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) expressing alarm about 'recent developments in your administration’s policy toward Iran, including reports that your administration plans to circumvent Congress and unilaterally provide significant sanctions relief under a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran.' The letter continued, 'Reported plans to circumvent Congress suggest that your negotiators may be concluding a weak and dangerous deal which will prove unacceptable to the American people.'""Kerry Meets French Counterpart Ahead of Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna" is another article on the subject which appeared in the New York Times today. "Experts have little expectation that an accord, if it can be achieved next week by the negotiating countries — Iran, the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China — will be the comprehensive and detailed agreement the West has long sought. And some of the United States’ negotiating partners have already begun to send signals that the immediate goal is a partial understanding that would codify fresh progress while extending the negotiating deadline yet again," the article reads."Even securing a partial understanding, however, will prove challenging. In a bit of diplomatic jockeying, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said this week that an agreement was possible, but only if the United States and other world powers did not make unreasonable demands.""Russian officials, in anonymous comments to Russian news outlets, have echoed the theme that it is up to Mr. Kerry to show flexibility, especially regarding the pace at which economic sanctions on Iran would be lifted. Mr. Kerry, in contrast, has cautioned that it is time for Iran to make the hard decisions about which nuclear constraints it is prepared to accept," the newspaper sums up the major controversy between Iran and the six international mediators.
