Six days after the Geneva agreement with th P5+1 on its nuclear program, Iran said it will keep up construction on the Arak heavy water plant, which, when operational, will produce plutonium that can be used in a nuclear bomb.
Deputy minister issues harsh criticism of US secretary of state in aftermath of Jerusalem stoning attack that leaves 2-year-old wounded; attacks Kerry's comments that failure of peace talks will bring a 3rd intifada.
Representative Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic member on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, will be appointed the new chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP), an initiative of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), at the meeting of the ICJP Steering Committee in New York City and Washington, DC on 2/3 December 2013.
Washington Post reports US president advocated for backroom diplomacy in phone call with Netanyahu; Gulf states ask P5+1 for assurances the Geneva deal ''would not be at the expense of the security'' of Arab states.
By dropping demands that Iran shut down underground uranium enrichment facility, ship material out of the country, nuclear negotiators have pushed discussion on some of the toughest questions to talks on permanent deal.
Israel has reached a compromise agreement with the European Union on Tuesday that will allow it to join the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme that starts in January.
