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Subject: September 26 update
26 September, 2013
Article 1
The Washington Post
Rouhani sees a nuclear deal in 3 months
David Ignatius
Article 2.
Chatham House
Obama's Off-Balance ... Foreign Policy
Robin Niblett
Article 3.
The Washington Post
Can Rouhani or Obama deliver on any deal?
Fareed Zakaria
Article 4
Financial Times
The Domestic Politics Driving Iran's Diplomatic ... Syndicate
Merkel in the Land of Smiles
Joschka Fischer
Maid, I
The Washington Post
Rouhani sees a nuclear deal in 3
months
David Ignatius
September 25, 2013 -- The U.S.-Iranian
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specific to Iran's actions last week. Many people are
forgetting that Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran and the commander of
Operation Offensive Charm, is a moderate only ... comparison to his
predecessor, the unhinged Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Rouhani has been a
superior soldier for Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a
defender of the regime, and an anti ... professional life. (Not often mentioned during last week's love-in was
Rouhani's post-Sept. 11 commentary, in which he blamed the attacks on
the "wrongs and mistakes
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civil war grinds on. The second is Iran,
whose new president, Hassan Rouhani, has signaled a potential deal with
the West over his nation's nuclear program.
These two diplomatic ... engagement, thanks in part to an exchange of letters
with newly elected president Hassan Rouhani. Tehran, seeking relief from
oppressive sanctions, has signaled an apparent willingness to curb its
enrichment ... activities. Significantly, Rouhani seems to be operating with
the endorsement of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khameini. Obama may even
meet his Iranian counterpart on the margins of UNGA
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civil war grinds on. The second is Iran, whose new
president, Hassan Rouhani, has signaled a potential deal with
the West over his nation's nuclear program.
EFTA ... engagement, thanks in part
to an exchange of letters with newly elected president Hassan
Rouhani. Tehran, seeking relief from oppressive sanctions, has
signaled an apparent willingness to curb its enrichment ... activities. Significantly, Rouhani seems to be operating with the
endorsement of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khameini. Obama
may even meet his Iranian counterpart on the margins of UNGA
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September, 2013
Article 1.
NYT
Some Progress on Syria
Editorial
Article 2.
NYT
Rouhani, Blunt and Charming, Pitches a Moderate Iran
Somini Sengupta <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/somini_sengupta/index.html>
Article 3.
The Washington ... push it forward. The chemical
weapons resolution moves toward that goal.
Article 2.
NYT
Rouhani, Blunt and Charming, Pitches a Moderate Iran
Somini Sengupta <http://topics.nytimes.comitop/referenceitimestopics/people/s/somini_sengupta/index.html>
September ... week in a Shiite cleric's traditional fine wool robes, Iran's president,
Hassan Rouhani, turned himself into a high-speed salesman offering a flurry of speeches, tweets, televised interviews
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September, 2013
Article 1.
NYT
Some Progress on Syria
Editorial
Article 2.
NYT
Rouhani, Blunt and Charming, Pitches a Moderate Iran
Somini Sengupta
Article 3.
The Washington Post
The Iranian ... powers to push it forward. The chemical weapons resolution moves
toward that goal.
NYT
Rouhani, Blunt and Charming, Pitches a
Moderate Iran
Somini Sengupta
September 26, 2013 -- Descending ... week in a Shiite
cleric's traditional fine wool robes, Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani,
turned himself into a high-speed salesman offering a flurry of speeches,
tweets, televised interviews
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Israel used sarcasm and combative words to portray Iran's new
president, Hassan Rouhani, as a smooth-talking charlatan, one
who is determined to continue building a nuclear weapons
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Iranian president, "a wolf in wolf s clothing" and Mr. Rouhani
"a wolf in sheep's clothing."
Mr. Netanyahu has legitimate reasons to be wary ... since the 1979 Iranian revolution sent
American-Iranian relations into the deep freeze.
Mr. Rouhani and the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad
Zarif, have insisted repeatedly that Iran wants only
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September, 2013
Article 1.
The Washington Post
Why Iran seeks constructive engagement
Hassan Rouhani
Article 2.
Los Angeles Times
A kinder, gentler Iran?
Ray Takeyh
Article 3.
New York Post ... Syrian WMD
machine
Ronen Bergman
The Washington Post
Why Iran seeks constructive
engagement
Hassan Rouhani
September 20 -- Three months ago, my platform of "prudence
and hope" gained a broad, popular ... then for the sake of their
legacies, and our children and future generations.
Hassan Rouhani is president of Iran.
Article 2.
Los Angeles Times
A kinder, gentler Iran?
Ray Takeyh
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Other Things.... 09/29/2013
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:03:49 +0000
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Luktrohnson Huff Post_09-_27_20T3.docx;
Obamacarejes Better_Trian You Think Dean Baker Huff ... sober, candid and politically astute interview that Iran's new
President Hassan Rouhani where he suggested the possibility of forging an agreement over their
nuclear program and overtures designed
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about handling Iran
in 2013
David Ignatius
Article 5.
Al-Monitor
Hezbollah and Rouhani
An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Beirut
Article 6.
NYT
When Israel Stepped Back From the Brink ... Israel: Can Obama
Bring All Three Together?
Dov S. Zakheim
October 4, 2013 -- Hassan Rouhani has come and gone from
New York. So has Bibi Netanyahu. Barack Obama, the first ... Iran
scheduled for October 15-16. So too did the October 2 letter
endorsing Rouhani's overtures signed by 230 out of 290
members of the Iranian Majlis, virtually
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made the Obama
administration so eager to succumb to the charm offensive of
Hassan Rouhani, the new Iranian president. Netanyahu pointed
out that Rouhani has done nothing, and almost certainly ... will yield
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in its pursuit of nuclear weapons (a pursuit Rouhani still denies
in the face of mountains of incontrovertible evidence).
Netanyahu warned against a relaxation ... into endless negotiations or,
even worse, a bad deal with it. As Netanyahu said, Rouhani
"definitely wants to get the sanctions lifted; I guarantee you that.
But he doesn
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OpAion
Kenneth M. Pollack
September 22, 2013 -- THIS week, Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani,
will address the United Nations General Assembly. His message is likely to
EFTA00872400 ... sharp change from the adolescent belligerence of his hard-line
predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr. Rouhani is a genuine reformer
— but his desire to move Iran in a new direction should ... blind the
United States to the difficulties of achieving a diplomatic solution.
Mr. Rouhani has hinted that he is willing to compromise on aspects
of Iran's nuclear program
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nuclear program. Last
week's charm offensive by Iran's new president, Hassan
Rouhani, and his seeming show of flexibility augurs well for a
diplomatic resolution.
But America would ... turmoil in Syria, its ally, has paradoxically
strengthened it further. Witness Mr. Rouhani's statements that
distinguished Iran from its Arab neighbors and asserted that it
was uniquely positioned ... explain the
decision by its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to put
forward Mr. Rouhani, a former nuclear negotiator, as his
interlocutor with the West.
It's also true that
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nuclear
program. Last week's charm offensive by Iran's new president, Hassan
Rouhani, and his seeming show of flexibility augurs well for a diplomatic
resolution.
But America would ... turmoil in Syria, its
ally, has paradoxically strengthened it further. Witness Mr. Rouhani's
statements that distinguished Iran from its Arab neighbors and asserted that
it was uniquely positioned ... explain the decision by its supreme
leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to put forward Mr. Rouhani, a former
nuclear negotiator, as his interlocutor with the West.
It's also true that
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Abdul-Hussain
Article 3.
Bloomberg
Egypt's Coming Civil War
Editorial
Article 4.
Bloomberg
Rouhani Has Revealed His True Nuclear Intentions
Jeffrey Goldberg
Article 5.
The National Interest
An Interview ... supporters as well as opponents, is
why he is promoting one.
Bloomberg
Rouhani Has Revealed His True Nuclear
Intentions
Jeffrey Goldberg
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Oct 7, 2013 -- Here is something to remember ... negotiations
between the West and Iran appear set to recommence: The Iranian
president, Hassan Rouhani, the putative moderate on whose shoulders great
American hopes have been placed, is proud
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make small, hard-to-
detect clandestine enrichment plants.
To assuage such concerns, President Rouhani has offered
"greater transparency" as a confidence building measure, though
other officials, such as Iranian Atomic ... After winning a surprise June
victory in the presidential election against conservative
candidates, Hassan Rouhani found himself with a country in
economic distress and diplomatic isolation.
Mr. Rouhani's election ... Iranian economy.
During the past six months, all-out support has been provided to
Rouhani by two former Iranian presidents, Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami. Rouhani also
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pressure Iran.
How will pride factor into negotiations?
From day one, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has repeatedly called for
"respect" when it comes to dealing with Iran. In the context ... being able
to sell a potential deal at home, this is Rouhani's way of saying that the
language and tone surrounding negotiations is just as important as the
substance ... challenge for the Iranian government now is to balance its "pride
investment" with Rouhani's promised moderation, which was heavily
endorsed by Iranian voters in this year's election.
Shahed
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nuclear facilities were discovered in 2002. Current Iranian
President Hasan Rouhani was his country's nuclear negotiator
from 2003 to 2005, when Iran briefly suspended ... between Europe
and the United States to achieve Iranian objectives," Hossein
Mousavian, Mr. Rouhani's deputy at the time, acknowledged
in his memoir. "The world's understanding of 'suspension ... nuclear issue. It infuses his rhetoric and
his world view. And while Rouhani has changed the tone and
may be genuinely looking for an agreement, the charm
offensive hasn
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