Top Obama administration officials have released new details about how they would lift most sanctions against Iran. Those are unnerving some experts, who doubt the administration’s claims about the sanctions will hold up.
In speeches last week to a conference at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Vice President Joe Biden revealed new details about the end of most sanctions against Iran if a nuclear deal is reached. The officials also claimed that most of the sanctions, including multilateral sanctions, could be snapped back into place if Iran cheated, and they argued that giving Iran tens of billions of dollars in cash won’t dramatically increase Iran’s spending on terrorism and other nefarious activities.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 4, 2015
Our Hardliners, and Iran's -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg
The Iranian Leader's Bizarre Twitter Feed -- Michael J. Totten, World Crunch
Talks restart but that’s not why the Syrian civil war might end -- Alan Philps, National interest
Syria crisis: Spooked by rebel gains, Jordan doubles down on Islamic State -- Taylor Luck, CSM
Why Is Jordan so Eager to Suck Up to the Pentagon? -- William M. Arkin, FoxTrot Alpha
Afghan anger may lead to change -- National editorial
Nepal quake: 'Shangri-la' tourism takes heavy hit -- Bikash Sangraula, CSM
'Breaking Bad' in China: how meth is spreading across rural heartland -- Peter Ford, CSM
China Puts Conciliatory Slant on Land Reclamation -- Jeremy Page, WSJ
North Korea: Evil, But Not a Terrorist State -- Doug Bandow, National Interest
Russian Economy May Be Stumbling Back To Its Feet -- Andy Tully, Oil Price
What the Russians really think -- Kathrin Hille, Gulf News
Pondering the Next British Coalition -- Alex Deane, Real Clear World
Britain votes: Who’s who in the UK election? -- Reuters
Life and Death of an Al Qaeda Spokesman -- Iona Craig, The Intercept
How fracking for shale gas is becoming a foreign policy issue – video -- The Guardian
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