December 2, 2013
10:51 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reviews the honor guard during an intergovernmental summit with Italian Premier Enrico Letta in Rome, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Netanyahu: Iran deal insubstantial ‘political theater’

Unnamed Israeli officials pan Obama’s lack of ‘political stomach’ for addressing nuclear program; PM urges Western powers not to compromise on demands

By Yifa Yaakov

December 2, 2013
9:23 pm

Olmert entering a court room. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PM’s allies snap back, call Olmert ‘perpetual failure’

Regarding criticism of his outspoken objection to Iran deal, sources close to Netanyahu ask: ‘What would they have us do, send faxes to the White House?’

By Yifa Yaakov and Raphael Ahren

December 2, 2013
5:31 pm

Finance Minister Yair Lapid (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yair Lapid: Discord with US over Iran deal is a ‘family dispute’

Israel has ‘earned the right to be more concerned than anyone else,’ says finance minister, adding that he knows the ‘US means well’

By Times of Israel staff

December 2, 2013
4:56 pm

Footage from Iran's 'New Voyager' video supporting President Hassan Rouhani (screen capture: YouTube)

Rouhani fans make Obama-style clip

Iranian musicians create song from their president’s acceptance speech

By Lazar Berman

December 2, 2013
12:15 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, at an August 13 session in parliament (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran says it seeks stronger cooperation with Saudi Arabia

From the web Tehran is seeking to ease regional concerns about its nuclear program, Reuters reports

December 2, 2013
8:19 am

Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. (photo credit: CDC/public domain)

Iran: HIV cases said to increase dramatically

State television reports there are 27,000 registered carriers of the AIDS virus, but actual number could be closer to 100,000

By AP

December 2, 2013
6:55 am

The reactor building of the nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Senators work on new Iran sanctions bill as White House lobbies against

Lawmakers from both parties spend Thanksgiving recess planning new penalties they hope to pass before Christmas

By Times of Israel staff

December 2, 2013
12:35 am

.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Great Synagogue in Rome, Italy on December 1, 2013 (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

PM, under attack, insists he ‘won’t be silent’ on Iran

In speech to Rome’s Jews, Netanyahu warns sanctions pressure is collapsing, easing Tehran’s path to the bomb

By Adiv Sterman

December 1, 2013
11:23 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama embrace at a ceremony held in honor of Obama as he lands at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

US official: Netanyahu’s response to Iran deal ‘weak and desperate’

Unnamed White House staffer reportedly says PM losing support in Washington over his attempts to sway Congress

By Adiv Sterman

December 1, 2013
8:18 pm

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90/File)

Olmert: PM has ‘declared war on the US government’

Netanyahu’s attacks on Obama’s Iran policy are ‘misguided and dangerous,’ former prime minister charges, says there are better ways to exert influence

By Raphael Ahren

December 1, 2013
7:41 pm

Amos Yadlin attends his final session at the Knesset's Security and Foreign Affairs Committee as head of military intelligence, November 2, 2010. In the background: Then-committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Iran on cusp of getting the bomb, ex intel chief says

Amos Yadlin says Tehran now a ‘nuclear threshold state’ and that it made critical advances before deal with West; Likud MK calls interim agreement ‘surrender’

By Adiv Sterman

December 1, 2013
3:50 pm

An Iranian warship in the Strait of Hormuz (illustrative photo: Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)

After overhaul, Iran deploys warships

Iranian state media reports two vessels, the Neizeh and Tabarzin, retrofitted with long-range anti-ship missiles

By AP

December 1, 2013
3:24 pm

Mohammad Javad Zarif (photo credit: Saad Shalash/AP/File)

Iran FM heads to Kuwait in bid to boost Gulf ties

President Hassan Rouhani says revenue from oil field jointly held with Qatar to be increased

By AP

December 1, 2013
9:03 am

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (photo credit: CC-BY/dbking/Flickr)

Politics and a ruptured tendon don’t faze lead Iran negotiator

From the web Wendy Sherman, who steered the US through nuclear talks in Geneva, now must convince Congress to back off new sanctions and continue to push Tehran toward a final deal, New York Times reports

December 1, 2013
6:33 am

A satellite image of Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility (photo credit: AP/DigitalGlobe)

Netanyahu orders Mossad to expose Iranian breaches of interim deal

Prime minister orders intelligence services to find ‘smoking gun’ proving Iran’s duplicity, Sunday Times reports, in bid to undermine Obama strategy

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Iran

Netanyahu: Iran deal insubstantial ‘political theater’

Unnamed Israeli officials pan Obama’s lack of ‘political stomach’ for addressing nuclear program; PM urges Western powers not to compromise on demands

PM’s allies snap back, call Olmert ‘perpetual failure’

Regarding criticism of his outspoken objection to Iran deal, sources close to Netanyahu ask: ‘What would they have us do, send faxes to the White House?’

Yair Lapid: Discord with US over Iran deal is a ‘family dispute’

Israel has ‘earned the right to be more concerned than anyone else,’ says finance minister, adding that he knows the ‘US means well’

Rouhani fans make Obama-style clip

Iranian musicians create song from their president’s acceptance speech

Iran says it seeks stronger cooperation with Saudi Arabia

From the web Tehran is seeking to ease regional concerns about its nuclear program, Reuters reports

Iran: HIV cases said to increase dramatically

State television reports there are 27,000 registered carriers of the AIDS virus, but actual number could be closer to 100,000

Senators work on new Iran sanctions bill as White House lobbies against

Lawmakers from both parties spend Thanksgiving recess planning new penalties they hope to pass before Christmas

PM, under attack, insists he ‘won’t be silent’ on Iran

In speech to Rome’s Jews, Netanyahu warns sanctions pressure is collapsing, easing Tehran’s path to the bomb

US official: Netanyahu’s response to Iran deal ‘weak and desperate’

Unnamed White House staffer reportedly says PM losing support in Washington over his attempts to sway Congress

Olmert: PM has ‘declared war on the US government’

Netanyahu’s attacks on Obama’s Iran policy are ‘misguided and dangerous,’ former prime minister charges, says there are better ways to exert influence

Iran on cusp of getting the bomb, ex intel chief says

Amos Yadlin says Tehran now a ‘nuclear threshold state’ and that it made critical advances before deal with West; Likud MK calls interim agreement ‘surrender’

After overhaul, Iran deploys warships

Iranian state media reports two vessels, the Neizeh and Tabarzin, retrofitted with long-range anti-ship missiles

Iran FM heads to Kuwait in bid to boost Gulf ties

President Hassan Rouhani says revenue from oil field jointly held with Qatar to be increased

Politics and a ruptured tendon don’t faze lead Iran negotiator

From the web Wendy Sherman, who steered the US through nuclear talks in Geneva, now must convince Congress to back off new sanctions and continue to push Tehran toward a final deal, New York Times reports

Netanyahu orders Mossad to expose Iranian breaches of interim deal

Prime minister orders intelligence services to find ‘smoking gun’ proving Iran’s duplicity, Sunday Times reports, in bid to undermine Obama strategy

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