By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
The Obama administration s hegemonically abusive refusal to recognize Iran s right to safeguarded enrichment is not just diplomatically and strategically counter-productive-it is illegal.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36840.htm
Netanyahu: Geneva deal with Iran could lead to war
Upping his rhetoric in current spat with Washington, PM insists there is 'no reason to submit to Iranian diktats'.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-geneva-deal-with-iran-could-lead-to-war/
New Iran sanctions would risk war, White House warns
The White House has warned US lawmakers that tightening sanctions on Iran could derail a diplomatic drive for a nuclear deal with Iran, boxing America into a "march to war."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/379601/new-iran-sanctions-would-risk-war-white-house-warns
How last-minute rethink stalled deal on nuclear Iran
Details have emerged of how talks with Tehran in Geneva broke up at 11th hour after France and US took a robust stance.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/iranium-uranium-enrichment-talks-geneva-fabius
Preventing War with Iran Is Top Priority
By Sheldon Richman
The best way to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb is for the Obama administration and its nuclear client Israel to stop threatening the Islamic Republic.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36860.htm
Russian FM: Iran Backed US Nuclear Proposal
The Associated Press
Russia s foreign minister says Iran had accepted a U.S.-draft proposal on a nuclear deal, but last-minute amendments blocked an accord last week in Geneva.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36857.htm
Lavrov Reveals Amended Draft Circulated at "Last Moment"
By Gareth Porter
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed a crucial detail Thursday about last week s nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva that explains much more clearly than previous reports why the meeting broke up without agreement.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36872.htm
Frenemies: The US-Israel Relationship Gets Rocky Over Iran and Peace Talks
By Michael Cohen
Israeli PM Netanyahu is actively calling on American Jews to challenge the US government. It s a bold, and bad, move.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36864.htm
Pivotal Moment: Why US Wants Deal With Iran
By Pepe Escobar
By peddling the logic that failed negotiations would lead to war on Iran, the White House and the State Department are in fact pointing their fingers to their allies, the Likudniks in Israel and the House of Saud, who are already doing everything they can to derail Geneva.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36867.htm
Obama: Military strike could lead Iran to 'pursue nukes more vigorously'
US President Barack Obama said Thursday that no matter how powerful the American military, a strike against nuclear facilities in Iran could lead the Islamic Republic to "pursue even more vigorously nuclear weapons in the future."
http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Obama-Military-strike-could-lead-Iran-to-pursue-nukes-more-vigorously-331799
Iran putting brakes on nuclear expansion under Rouhani: IAEA report
Since Hassan Rouhani became president, Iran has stopped expanding its uranium enrichment capacity, a U.N. inspection report showed on Thursday, in a potential boost for diplomacy to end Tehran s nuclear dispute with the West.
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-halts-nuclear-capacity-expansion-under-rouhani-iaea-172448244--sector.html
No real dissent in nuclear talks between P5+1 and Iran: Lavrov
Russia s Foreign Minister stressed that the understanding reached must now be fixed by diplomatic means so that it becomes a truly joint document, not imposed on anyone from outside.
http://rt.com/news/lavrov-iran-agreement-reached-832/
Netanyahu to France: Don t waver on Iran
Speaking to a French daily ahead of talks in Geneva, PM urges Hollande not to let up his objections to an interim nuclear deal with Tehran.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-to-france-dont-waver-on-iran/
Israel and White House Locked in an Info War Over Iran
Some members in Congress don t trust the data U.S. officials are providing, they trust conflicting data provided privately by senior Israeli officials.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/11/15/israel_and_white_house_embroiled_in_info_war_on_capitol_hill#.UoZIzoawIi0.twitter
Administration dismissed Israeli intel on Iran s nuke program as 'misleading'
The U.S. intelligence community has dismissed Israel s assessment of Iran s nuclear program amid P5+1 negotiations with Teheran. They said the Israeli assessment of an imminent weapons-capable Iran was exaggerated and alarmist. "Some of the reporting on this has been frankly misleading," National Security Adviser Susan Rice said.
http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/11/15/administration-dismissed-israeli-intel-on-irans-nuke-program-as-misleading/
Right-wing pro-Israel lobby in US slams Obama in new ad
Video uses US public concerns over Obamacare to warn over his untrustworthiness on Iran; new poll shows Israelis opposing president s Iran policies.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-pro-israel-lobby-slams-obama-in-new-ad/
Israel, Saudi Arabia Unite For Attack On Iran
By RT
Saudis are willing to assist an Israeli attack by cooperating with the use of drones, rescue helicopters, and tanker planes. "Once the Geneva agreement is signed, the military option will be back on the table."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36884.htm
Israel, S. Arabia planning joint Iran strike
The Sunday Times
Mossad agents met top Saudi officials to draw up a plan for a joint attack against Iran if the six powers talks fail.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000894336
Obama rejecting calls from Netanyahu amid tension over Iran
Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida reported Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama has been refusing to take phone calls from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of the tension between the two countries over how to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.558544
Israel s 'all-or-nothing' stance on Iran will lead to war: US official
A senior White House official has said that Israel s "all-or-nothing" posture demanding a total halt to Iran s nuclear energy program is a path to war.
http://presstv.com/detail/2013/11/22/336041/israels-iran-stance-will-lead-to-war-us/
Zbig Brzezinski: Obama Administration Should Tell Israel U.S. Will Attack Israeli Jets if They Try to Attack Iran
"Are we just going to sit there and watch?...We have to be serious about denying them that right. That means a denial where you aren t just saying it. If they fly over, you go up and confront them. They have the choice of turning back or not. "
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/09/zbig-brzezinski-obama-administration-should-tell-israel-us-will-attack-israeli-jets-if-they-try-to-a/
Israeli spies reportedly looking for 'smoking gun' on Iran deal
Netanyahu has ordered intel agencies to find evidence that Iran is violating nuclear agreement as Obama tries to sell Geneva deal, according to the Sunday Times.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.561072
US Calls Netanyahu 'Desperate and Weak'
Senior officials in the White House have said that Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu "is desperate and weak," in reaction to Netanyahu s remonstrations against the deal struck with Iran over its nuclear weapons program.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/174690
Olmert: We Have Declared War on Obama Gov't:
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu s handling of current disagreements with the United States, regarding the deal the US negotiated with Iran over its nuclear weapons program.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/174688
Olmert: PM would have to be an 'idiot' to pass up peace
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert took an unusually blatant and derisive potshot Monday at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, indicating that his successor was an idiot for not doing more to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians when such a deal could be done right now.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/olmert-pm-would-have-to-be-an-idiot-to-pass-up-peace/
From Information Clearing House
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Again: All US Talk on ?Iran s Nuclear Program? are OBVIOUS Lies
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/carl-herman/all-us-claims-about-irans-nuclear-program/
The Threat From the Military and Secret Police
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/jack-d-douglas/the-gravest-threat-to-freedom/
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Why Iran Nuclear Talks Failed and Why They Will Get Tougher
Gareth Porter, Truthout: This weekend France scuttled a preliminary agreement with Iran to resolve the decade-long conflict over Iran s nuclear program, almost certainly at the behest Israel. That, combined with the Obama administration s lack of commitment to a comprehensive end solution to the issue clouds the prospects of an agreement.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19998-why-the-nuclear-talks-failed-and-why-they-will-get-tougher
Best Military in the World, Really?
John LaForge, CounterPunch: The US government continues to claim that the US military is the best in the world despite glaring reports of sexual misconduct and excessive violence.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20506-forces-of-outrage-best-military-in-the-world-really
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