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Blinken says Ukraine sanctions on Russia not linked with Iran nuclear talks

Reuters
March 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The sanctions imposed on Russia over its Ukraine invasion have nothing to do with a potential nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, after Russia’s demand a day before on written guarantees from Washington that its punitive measures won’t harm cooperation on […]

Biden Plans Renewed Nuclear Talks With Russia While Punishing Kremlin, Adviser Says

The New York Times

By David E. Sanger

Jan. 3, 2021

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s incoming national security adviser said on Sunday that the new administration would move quickly to renew the last remaining major nuclear arms treaty with Russia, even while seeking to make President Vladimir V. Putin pay for what appeared to be the largest-ever hacking […]

Nikki Haley shows blinders may finally be off on US-Iran policy

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In a recent speech at the American Enterprise Institute, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley sought to dismantle the political and intellectual firewall that has, for over a decade, thwarted the development of a comprehensive U.S. policy toward Iran.
Haley rejected the prevailing notion that Iran’s nuclear activities comprise a special sort of threat that can […]