P5+1
Nuclear Roadblock? Iran’s Raisi Demands End to IAEA Nuclear Probe
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi claimed on Monday that Iran could not agree to a nuclear accord with the international community until the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN-affiliated nuclear...
Crunch Time: Iran Reviewing ‘Final Text’ to Restore Nuclear Deal
Iranian officials announced on Monday that they were in the process of examining the reported “final text” of the proposed renewal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the...
Iran Nuclear Talks Resume After Months-Long Impasse
Multilateral negotiations to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal are scheduled to resume on Thursday in Vienna, following a months-long impasse and mutual recrimination between Iran...
Iran Says “Significant Progress” Made in Nuclear Talks
A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry said negotiations over the status of Tehran’s nuclear weapons program have resulted in “significant progress.” Discussions between the “P5+1” nations, which includes the United...
How Trump Should Dismantle the Iran Nuclear Deal
Of the countless Obama-era foreign policy missteps and mistakes, Donald Trump has reserved his strongest criticism for the nuclear deal with Iran. And rightly so. The agreement allows Iran to...
Is Trump a Death Sentence for the Iran Deal?
The election of Donald Trump has prompted a flood of commentary on the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Barack Obama’s signature achievement. Trump repeatedly described...
America Still Has Iran Sanctions—And They’re Hurting the Nuclear Deal
Years before the UN sanctions that prompted Iran and the Security Council to finalize the nuclear deal, there were substantial primary sanctions imposed by the United States. Those primary sanctions...
There’s Still a Lot We Don’t Know About the Iran Deal
The latest report issued by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) reveals confidential exemptions that Iran was granted by the Joint Commission in order to meet its requirements...
The Nuclear Deal Has Already Made Iran Stronger
Editor’s Note: The National Interest and the Heritage Foundation have partnered for a multi-part occasional series examining various aspects of the Iran nuclear agreement. The below is part one of...
America Risks Another Flawed Deal with Iran
Iran’s ongoing ballistic missile drills continue to present a problem without an effective solution. Specifically, last month, three former U.S. government officials called in the National Interest for a plan...
Judging the Iran Nuclear Deal, Six Months In
Six months ago this week, the P5+1 and Iran agreed on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The headlines and intense public debates have subsided but disagreements about the...
A Verdict on Iranian Military Nukes Won’t Kill the Deal
With the International Atomic Energy Agency days away from issuing its “final assessment” regarding the possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran’s past nuclear activities, this long-running issue will soon come...