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Iran nuclear deal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in this undated photo released on May 9, 2018, by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. The same day, North Korea released three American prisoners, pavin
Global Politics
What Trump’s Iran decision means for North Korean nuclear talks
President Donald Trump arrives in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington DC, May 7, 2018.
Global Politics
Trump expected to leave Iran nuclear deal; Tehran defiant
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India.
Iran says it could remain in the nuclear deal if its interests guaranteed
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House.
Conflict & Justice
Trump has all but decided to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal, sources say
Then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addressing a Tea Party rally against the Iran nuclear deal in Washington, 2015.
Conflict
North Korea looms large as Trump challenges Iran
A general view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran.
Conflict
What happens if President Trump doesn’t renew the Iran nuclear deal?
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir
Trump’s approach to the Middle East
Full Episode
One of the ballistic missiles being launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran
Global Politics
Iran’s dramatic missile tests were ‘signals.’ Here’s what they meant.
Global Politics
Iran wants to work with rivals for peace, says its vice president
Zahra Noorbakhsh is one of the creators of the podcast GoodMuslim/BadMuslim.
Conflict
#GoodMuslimBadMuslim host ponders Washington’s pact with Tehran and asks: When can we go home?
Pistachios are seen after sorting at a processing factory in Rafsanjan,1,000 kilometers southeast of Tehran September 23, 2008.
Economics
Pistachios? Carpets? What does the Iran deal mean for business?
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (C), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R), before the Secretary and Foreign Minister addressed an international press corps gathere
Global Politics
With the Iran nuclear deal done, it’s time to sell it
Iranians gesture as they celebrate in the streets of Tehran following the nuclear deal announced on July 14th. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said a nuclear deal with major powers would open a new chapter of cooperation with the outside world after year
Media
Iranian American satirist and cartoonist says the nuclear deal is all about business
Iranians wave the national flag during celebrations in Tehran on July 14, 2015, after Iran's nuclear negotiating team struck a deal with world powers in Vienna.
Conflict
Iranians are celebrating a nuclear deal, some with homemade vodka
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini during nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, Austria, July 13, 2015.
Global Politics
Who made the Iran deal happen? Here are some of the people behind the scenes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waves after a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015.
Global Politics
The Iran nuclear deal will end sanctions and curb its nuclear program, so why are hardliners still unhappy?
A general view of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, about 800 miles south of Tehran
Global Politics
Iran deal not based on trust, rather verification, says Obama
A seller arranges Iranian carpets at his shop in Dubai old market November 24, 2013.
Conflict
Hope and apprehension in Tehran as nuclear negotiations continue
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (L-3rd L) meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria June 28, 2015.
Conflict
The US has been preparing for a scenario where talks with Iran fail
Courtesy of Dick Simon
Business
American businessman preps for ‘huge’ opportunities to come in potential Iran deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz sit side-by-side on April 2, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before the P5+1 member nations held a meeting to discuss ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Global Politics
The Iran nuclear deal wouldn’t have been possible without computer models
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representative in Jerusalem on April 1, 2015. Netanyahu called on world powers locked in nuclear negotiations with Iran to demand a "better deal.”
Global Politics
Israel reacts to a deal its leader calls ‘a danger to the region’
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif addresses reporters regarding his nation's nuclear deal during a joint statement with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 2015.
Conflict
Iranian joy after nuclear deal is ‘tempered with pragmatism’ — and for good reason
A cartoon drawn by Iranian American satirist Saman Arbabi about the nuclear aspirations of Iranian leaders.
Media
The nuclear deal finally gives an Iranian American some good news to mock
Seyed Hossein Mousavian says Iran's politics share the divisive, self-defeating nature of Washington's
Conflict
3 words explain Iran’s complex politics: Just like US
US Secretary of State John Kerry waits with others before a meeting with P5+1, European Union and Iranian officials in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2015.
Global Politics
Iran nuclear talks go down to the wire, but no one knows what deal may emerge
Republican Senator Tom Cotton speaks at his election victory party on November 4, 2014. The freshman senator from Arkansas is emerging as a vocal opponent of nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Global Politics
Republicans to Iran: A nuclear deal can disappear ‘with a stroke of a pen’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress on March 3, 2015. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) applaud behind Netanyahu.
Global Politics
Netanyahu punctuates speech to Congress with American pop culture and flattery
A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally near the Israeli Consulate in New York to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech in front on Congress.
Global Politics
American Jews have mixed feelings about Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech
US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before a meeting in Geneva on January 14, 2015.
Conflict
While the US and Iran pursue a nuclear arms deal, their cyberwar continues
A heavy water reactor near Arak, Iran
Conflict
Hopes rise for a nuclear deal with Iran
A woman makes a purchase at a store in Tehran.
Global Politics
Iranian entrepreneurs are ‘dreaming of the doors opening’ to the West
President Obama talks with Cuban President Raul Castro before the thaw in US-Cuban relations was announced on December 17, 2014.
Global Politics
Iranians are jealous of the new US-Cuba thaw
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif both say a landmark nuclear deal might still be possible.
Global Politics
Talks failed to produce a deal on Iranian nukes, but negotiations will go on
Culture
There’s no nuclear deal with Iran yet, but a ‘Homeland’ writer talks about a fictional one
The Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor in Iran.
Conflict
Iranians are eager for a nuclear deal as negotiations near the deadline
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) on the second straight day of talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014.
Culture
The Persian art of declining what you really want and offering what you’ll never give could play a role in US-Iran nuclear talks