Epstein Secrets

Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has privately and publicly lobbied Western and Arab countries to allow Iran into the Geneva process. While Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Tehran could play some role in settling the Syria crisis, it is unrealistic to expect Iran's leaders to be a positive force when they

the Geneva process. While Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Tehran could play some role in set

TA00651249 as Russia, which is fighting extremists in the Caucasus and worrying about attacks during the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month. Mr. Zarif acknowledged this problem generally, asserting that "the continuation of this tragedy in Syria can only provide the best breeding ground for extrem

He has to deliver results reasonably soon, or he will be ousted. His first step was to appoint Iran's most talented diplomat as foreign minister. Javad Zarif impressed the world in his years as Iran's representative to the UN; after living for many years in the US, he understands its politics well. With

with se=urity -- he sits and talks positively about Iran when they just took 10 of our Na=y sailors," he said after the speech. Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN's Dana Bash that he expected the sailors to be released "very soon" but would not be more specific. He was speaking at the Capitol ahead of

release=of the sailors. "These are always situations as everybody here knows which have an ability, if not properly guided, to get out of control," Kerry said in a speech at the National Defense University. "I'm appreciative for the quick and appropriate response of the Iranian authorities." He said t

sed. "sappy to see dialog and respect, not threats and impetuousness, swiftly resolved =he #sailors episode. Let's learn from this latest example," Zarif=wrote. But as Rachelle Maddow poin=ed out, that now that this incident is over, obviously the good news is that all ten sailors are safe =nd that t

ssisted with their return to the f=eet earlier today." While Iranian official said that the incident was a learning moment. Iranian Foreig= Minister Javad Zarif, who has maintained open lines with Kerry and U.S. officials, made no mention of an apology in a tweet he sent after the sailors were released. "sap

Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has privately and publicly lobbied Western and Arab countries to allow Iran into the Geneva process. While Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Tehran could play some role in settling the Syria crisis, it is unrealistic to expect Iran's leaders to be a positive force when the

he Geneva process. While Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Tehran could play some role in set

ran as well as Russia, which is fighting extremists in the Caucasus and worrying about attacks during the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month. Mr. Zarif acknowledged this problem generally, asserting that "the continuation of this tragedy in Syria can only provide the best breeding ground for extrem

He has to deliver results reasonably soon, or he will be ousted. His first step was to appoint Iran's most talented diplomat as foreign minister. Javad Zarif impressed the world in his years as Iran's representative to the UN; after living for many years in the US, he understands its politics well. With

last week of new steps to enforce existing sanctions. Iranian concern was eased, Zarif said, after his contacts last week with Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the chief European Union negotiator, Lady Catherine Ashton. "What I have heard from Secretary Kerry and

ohn Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the chief European Union negotiator, Lady Catherine Ashton. "What I have heard from Secretary Kerry and Lady Ashton is that they are committed to an early finalization of the Geneva process with a view to reaching a comprehensive agreement. I shar

, Lady Catherine Ashton. "What I have heard from Secretary Kerry and Lady Ashton is that they are committed to an

l agreement. But he voiced tough positions on key issues and said "it's going to be a bumpy road," with difficult bargaining ahead. EFTA00706398 Zarif, who is Iran's top chief negotiator, outlined his views in an hour-long interview at the foreign ministry here Sunday. He said that his country wou

and now, Bashar al-Assad is under the protection of the Security Council because of the chemical weapons resolution. And [U.S.] Secretary [of State John] Kerry is saying that Bashar al-Assad has to stay in power until the chemical weapons are removed and everybody is saying these weapons aren't going to be

ixty-seventh secretary will be remembered more for talking about diplomacy's importance than for actually using it to great effect. By contrast Mr. Kerry's legacy as Secretary of State is already sure to be defined by the success or failure of major U.S. diplomatic initiatives to secure compromises f

s by mediating conflicting territorial claims—as Secretary Kerry proposed in his recent Asia travels—and probing

the ensuing press statements by White House aides promoted the disturbing theme that, just as Secretary Kerry had met with Iranian foreign minister Zarif in New York, President Obama had made a connection with his own "counterpart," talking `president to president' with Hassan Rouhani. President Obam

9 The latest round of peace negotiations, or rather, negotiations about peace negotiations, has a distinctly hollow ring to it. Secretary of State John Kerry's determination to restart the 'peace process' in any form, regardless of Israel's increasing intransigence, contained more than a hint of desperat

eace negotiations. Israel has appeared somewhat bemused at the enthusiasm of its American ally but it stands to gain little from actively resisting Kerry's initiative. Instead, it has openly declared its willingness to attend negotiations, while simultaneously pursuing a 'business as usual' strategy

gn affairs committees -- strongly oppose lifting any of the existing sanctions on Iran unless Tehran offers concessions that go far beyond anything Zarif has talked about in Geneva. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, has also promised to do

power on the timing of nuclear-weapon breakout in the mullahs' hands. EFTA00663299 By the end of Tuesday's negotiations, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif had offered a PowerPoint presentation, details publicly unknown but described as "very useful" by the spokesman for the European Union's top forei

United States' beleaguered credibility and the prospects for democracy in the region. It would also threaten Turkey's economy. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in tow, recently made some modest, generalized public references to U.S. devotion to democracy and

reaten Turkey's economy. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu i

en putting on a brass-neck display this week in Switzerland -- and Rouhani's speech today at the World Economic Forum was no exception. Rouhani and Zarif are busy trying, with intermittent success, to beguile the West into submission. (They've left the executions of Kurdish activists, the suppression

United States' beleaguered credibility and the prospects for democracy in the region. It would also threaten Turkey's economy. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in tow, recently made some modest, generalized public references to U.S. devotion to democracy and t

reaten Turkey's economy. Secretary of State John Kerry, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu i

en putting on a brass-neck display this week in Switzerland -- and Rouhani's speech today at the World Economic Forum was no exception. Rouhani and Zarif are busy trying, with intermittent success, to beguile the West into submission. (They've left the executions of Kurdish activists, the suppression

d extremism. And they certainly have not been reassured by what Washington has been telling them about its talks with Iran. For Secretary of State Kerry and others to simply say that the U.S. won't make any agreement with Iran that endangers America's allies in the region sounds to them like blowing

come a point when folks will start to wonder whether there's truly anything there. We're already into the second three months of Secretary of State John Kerry informal nine-month clock for making a deal. On Iran, the pressure won't come from any fixed clock as much as it will from an impatient U.S. Congr

, and even an American administration that has all but committed itself to expedited talks. Indeed, the minute Rouhani and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif talked to the U.S. president and Kerry in late September, this process wasn't on mullah time anymore. Ticking clocks can be good if they build urge

Higher School of the KGB in Moscow. He is the son of a KGB officer who later served as head of Ukrainian intelligence." Former secretary of state John Kerry endorsed Biden and plans to campaign with him in Iowa on Friday and New Hampshire on Sunday. "I'm not endorsing Joe because I've known him a long t

wa on Friday and New Hampshire on Sunday. "I'm not endorsing Joe because I've known him a long time. I'm endorsing him because I know him so well," Kerry told Dan Balz, who broke the story. "The world has to be put back together, the world that Donald Trump has smashed apart." Kerry, who served along

ship will not travel to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions. British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said he held a "constructive call" with Zarif. (Erin Cunningham) 10. The Congolese health ministry confirmed an Ebola case in Goma, the first time the virus has reached the city of more than 2