Analysis
Thursday, April 24th 2025 / Wednesday, April 23rd 2025
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Apr. 23, 2025 “… there had been widespread speculation about the outcome of the talks before they had even begun, but added that if they have managed to create a slight opening for diplomacy, the process could be deemed a success.” Clearly, he appears optimistic, which may also be reflected […]
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Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Apr. 23, 2025 “In order to be ready for a potentially broad military campaign with Iran, which could involve multiple rounds of exchanges of many hundreds of ballistic missiles more than before, top Israeli officials wanted to remove other threats from the board.” On April 13-14, 2024, Iran changed the […]
Tuesday, April 22nd 2025
Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh Politico, Apr. 19, 2025 “… the Islamic Republic has entered talks with the Trump administration not because of external pressure but in order to preserve the essential features of its expanding nuclear infrastructure — and they feel confident they can achieve this if the talks proceed.” Across the political […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 / Tuesday, April 22nd 2025
That Iran might use all of its proxies to respond to such an attack is indeed a risk. But what’s more likely is that so long as the strikes only target military and nuclear sites, Ayatollah Khamenei will not risk escalation.” — Mike Pompeo HIGH STAKES TALKS WATCH: Dr. Wurmser: Dissecting Trump’s Iran Strategy: Center […]
Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 / Monday, April 21st 2025
Mike Pompeo The Free Press, Apr. 18, 2025 “This “war or deal” narrative is being peddled by many of the “populist” Tucker Carlson-esque isolationists who have burrowed inside President Trump’s orbit. They repeat this mantra, exactly as President Barack Obama and Secretary John Kerry repeated endlessly—and wrongly.” In early April, President Trump reportedly “waved off” an Israeli […]
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Apr. 17, 2025 “… what would be the American goal in any negotiations with Iran? Should it be the complete elimination of Iran’s nuclear program or merely an effort to slow down or impose restrictions on the regime’s ability to refine uranium?” It’s too soon to declare the Trump administration’s policy […]
Kamran Bokhari Geopolitical Futures, Apr. 17, 2025 “Once Khamenei is out of the picture, the military – itself divided between the ideological Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the more professional Artesh (regular armed forces) – will likely replace the clergy as the regime’s core.” The Trump administration’s diplomacy with Iran is about much more than […]
Laurence Norman WSJ, Apr. 19, 2025 “The critical gap in IAEA knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program is Iran’s inventory of centrifuges, machines that spin uranium into higher levels of enrichment.” President Trump is calling for Iran to “go fast” to secure a new nuclear accord. But for any deal to work, Tehran will have to account […]
Wednesday, April 9th 2025 / Wednesday, April 9th 2025
TRUMP SURPRISE WATCH: Trump Enters Iran Talks but Israeli Expert Says ‘No Bad Deal Coming’: Sivan Raviv, Ynet News, Apr. 8, 2025 — Although U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States has entered direct talks with Iran to halt its nuclear weapons program and reach a deal, at least one Israeli analyst says […]
Wednesday, April 9th 2025
Dario Sabagh The New Arab, Apr. 7, 2025 “Despite tough rhetoric, both sides will want to engage and reach an agreement. But their positions on key issues remain far apart, making it difficult.” US President Donald Trump is looking to revive talks with Iran to secure a nuclear deal that would dissuade Tehran from potentially developing nuclear […]
Amira El-Fekki Newsweek, Apr. 8, 2025 “Tehran has been escalating its nuclear activities, with the International Atomic Energy Agency warning that Iran’s recent enrichment levels are nearing bomb-grade — much higher than is needed for most power generating reactors.” The United States and Iran are preparing for talks on Tehran’s nuclear program in Oman to avert a […]
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Apr. 7, 2025 “This is a state within a state of more than 100,000 men who are veterans of the war on ISIS.” A report from Reuters on April 7 indicates that the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq could disarm due to their fear of the Trump administration. This is a significant development. […]
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