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I helped sell Obama’s Iran deal, and its critics owe us all an explanation - opinion

Each promised but failed breakthrough gave way to another promised breakthrough. And now comes the final indignity: the so-called memorandum of understanding.

US President Donald Trump holds up the memorandum of understanding, signed by the US, and Iran, at the Palace of Versailles, in France.
JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

US President Donald Trump, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, holds a press conference during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026.

Trump’s Iran diplomacy could empower Hezbollah, weaken deterrence - opinion

TOPSHOT-IRAN-US-ISRAEL-WAR TOPSHOT - An woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran's national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026. US President Donald Trump said that a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war could be signed on June 14, and that the strategic Strait of Hormuz woul

The US-Iran MoU is a product of Tehran's survival-first strategy - analysis


Trump says US not offering Iran 'anything,' not speaking to Tehran

Trump also reiterated his assertion that the United States had "totally OBLITERATED" Tehran's nuclear facilities.

 US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by senior US officials, June 21, 2025, following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Blinken's critique of Trump omits vital details about Obama's failings with Iran - opinion

What Blinken’s essay leaves out is that Obama employed weak negotiating tactics that allowed Tehran to evade several key issues.

 THEN-US SECRETARY of state Antony Blinken meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the State Department in 2021. The US ignored Iran’s expansion of ballistic missile technology, the writer maintains.

Iran’s countdown to erase Israel backfires - opinion

Iran's leaders may regret the clock erected in Tehran; the longer it continues to mark down the days until Israel’s putative disappearance, the more of a humiliation it becomes.

 IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi speaks on the phone during a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in Istanbul on Saturday. If Iran’s leadership believes it can’t prevail against Israel and the US, it will likely decide to negotiate, says the writer.

Iranians doubt nuclear deal will be reached - report

This report comes amid talks resuming in Rome, with delegations led by Iran's foreign minister and the US Middle East envoy.

 An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2025; illustrative

US and Iran to hold nuclear talks amid clashing red lines

"Figuring out the path to a deal is not rocket science: Zero nuclear weapons = we DO have a deal. Zero enrichment = we do NOT have a deal. Time to decide." Araghchi posted on his personal X/Twitter.

 Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

Iran faces US without Plan B as nuclear red lines collide

"The plan B is to continue the strategy before the start of talks. Iran will avoid escalating tensions, it is ready to defend itself," a senior Iranian official said.

 Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during a meeting between Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and nuclear scientists and personnel of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023.

Brian Mast to 'Post': 'Trump prefers diplomacy over bombs'

"He's the person who put sanctions on Iran and has put secondary sanctions on those who seek to do business with Iran."

 US Rep. Brian Mast speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025

'Post' reveals: Why and how Israel missed its chance to strike Iran's nuclear sites - exclusive

JPost reveals for the first time the full extent of the debates between Israel's political and security echelons over striking in Tehran.

 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian flag (illustration).

UN nuclear watchdog says it should be involved in Iran, US nuclear talks

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned on Wednesday that Iran is “not far” from a nuclear bomb.

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets with the head of Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2025.

Iranian minister in Moscow aims to shore up support ahead of US talks

Araghchi said he plans to discuss issues relating to nuclear talks between Iran and the United States during his visit to Moscow,

  Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after their joint press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran on February 25, 2025.