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Roundup: Chuck Hagel and his enemies

The New Yorker’s Connie Bruck examines the case of Chuck Hagel and his enemies. (& see her 2008 profile.) The real reason for Hagel antagonism? His dissent on misconduct of Bush’s war on terror....

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Iran nuclear advisor sets out ‘maximalist’ stance as Iran mulls new talks

Amid a continued stalemate in efforts to resume nuclear talks, a key advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team has published a proposal he says has been previously presented to the United States and...

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Who Is Saeed Jalili?

Four days after entering Iran’s presidential race, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili met with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Istanbul on Wednesday. ‘We had a useful...

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Jalili thrusts Iran nuclear stance to center of presidential race

The presidential campaign of Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has thrust Iran’s nuclear policies to the center of Iran’s tumultuous presidential race. Jalili, in a series of media interviews,...

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Jalili seen as front runner as Iran bars Rafsanjani, Meshaei from June polls

Iran has disqualified former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad ally Esfandiar Rahim Meshaei from running in next month’s presidential elections, Iran’s state news television...

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Rouhani proposes nuclear transparency, easing US-Iran tensions

Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani ushered in the post-Ahmadinejad era Monday with a sometimes extraordinary 90-minute press conference in which he stressed he would take a pragmatic and moderate...

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Iran’s Rosh Hashana Twitter diplomacy stirs amazement, disbelief

Iran’s new Foreign Minister Javad Zarif joined President Hassan Rouhani in tweeting “Happy Rosh Hashanah” greetings Thursday, on the occasion of the Jewish new year’s holiday, setting off a new wave of...

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Rouhani Says Nuclear Issue Can Be Resolved

In a mostly off the record discussion with about two dozen editors and political analysts, including Al-Monitor’s Andrew Parasiliti, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that “the nuclear...

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What Iran’s Foreign Minister told German TV about Israel, Iran

Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gave a long interview to Germany’s Phoenix TV on Sunday (February 2) in Berlin, following his attendance at the Munich Security Summit. Al-Monitor has...

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Iran’s UN envoy pick questioned over ties to hostage crisis

U.S. and Iranian officials were saying little Tuesday about a controversy that has erupted over Iran’s choice to be its next envoy to the United Nations, as a member of the House Foreign Affairs...

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