Epstein Secrets

work was set weeks ago, in an exchange of letters between the chief negotiators. Catherine Ashton, who represents the "P5+1" group of permanent •. Security Council members and Germany, proposed a "confidence-building exercise aimed at facilitating a constructive dialogue on the basis of reciprocity and a step

scribe their actions not as concessions to the West but as "confidence-building" measures, aimed at demonstrating the seriousness of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's public pledge in February not to commit the "grave sin" of building a nuclear weapon. And the West would describe its easing of sanctions not as

n Progress and Barriers to the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda' U.S. Institute of Peace online event, marking five years since the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed the resolution. Speakers include U.N. Population Fund Secretariat on Youth, Peace and Security Head Cecile Mazzacurati and USIP A

Power To Son. Fox News (12/7, McKay, 27.59M) reports that amid speculation "over the declining health of Iran's Supreme Leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei," there were "unconfirmed reports over the weekend" he had "transferred power to his son, cleric Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei." The son "has se

n the disputed Indian territory Kashmir." Pakistan's UN.. Ambassador Munir Akram "accused India of violating international law, the U.N. Charter and Security Council resolutions by sponsoring terrorism. ... A spokesperson for India's mission to the United Nations in New York denied the charges." On Monday, India

in "his first public comments on talks as Joe Biden's incoming administration is expected to reengage with Tehran," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "said past negotiations with the U.S. over sanctions had been a failure because they didn't ensure lasting relief." Khamenei said, "We tried the pat

ident Bashar al-Assad to step down -- even if that formulation is ultimately edited out of the final draft of the resolution pending before the •. Security Council -- it is time to start making plans for the various contingencies that may erupt on "the day after." Most Western policymakers, at least in their p

he domestic challenge presented by the protest movement of millions of Iranian demonstrators in 2009. The recent pronouncements from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials should be taken seriously. In November, Khamenei said: "Iran is not a nation to sit still and just observe threats from

alating tensions, Iran has indicated a willingness to restart talks over its nuclear program with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany. The United States and the other countries should take Iran up on its offer with a firm proposal of their own. Iran is motivated by pai

TA02723328 making a deal, others may remain opposed. Just two years ago, a split between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei scuttled a modest agreement that would have slowed Iran's nuclear program. One way to increase the odds that a deal would be accepted is to make th