For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED The full text of the agreement for the redesign of Arak’s heavy-water reactor so that it can no longer produce weapons-grade plutonium has been released by…
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IAEA Iran report to be ready by early December; end of sanctions by end of year increasingly likely
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED. Iran’s representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said on 20 November that the IAEA will announce its final assessment about Iran’s nuclear…
Sanctioning Iran into capitulation is “fantasy”: Kerry
US secretary of state John Kerry said in a statement today that applying sanctions to Iran until it capitulated, the strategy urged by Israel and the Republican majority in congress, was an impractical approach. “I will tell you, sanctioning Iran…
US congress critical to timing of lifting of Iran sanctions
US Congress, which is dominated by opponents of President Obama’s Iran policy, will not be able to block but will definitely slow the lifting of US, UN and EU Sanctions on the Islamic republic, analysts say. The joint comprehensive plan…
The next steps to the end of Iranian sanctions
The joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA) agreed today by Iran and the West involves further steps that will have to be completed before UN, US and EU sanctions are lifted: Today’s agreement is deemed to be finalisation day. This…