Sentences with phrase «historic nuclear deal»

Iranian security forces have arrested an Iranian - American businessman who had promoted improved ties between the two countries, adding to signs that hard - liners in Tehran are trying to block foreign investors from entering the Islamic Republic in the wake of the historic nuclear deal.

Iran watchers believe that he persuaded Khamenei to back a historic nuclear deal, reached between Iran and six major powers in 2015.

Not exact matches

In contrast to his fierce opposition to the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach a nuclear deal in 2015, which he called a «historic mistake», Netanyahu said Israel was willing to support U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to strengthen the 2015 agreement.

The presidents and their spouses hopped on a helicopter bound for Mount Vernon, Washington's historic riverside home, for a private dinner one night before the leaders sit down for talks on a weighty agenda including security, trade and the Iran nuclear deal.

Oil traded near $ 68 as investors weighed the impact of a possible U.S. pull - out from the Iran nuclear deal and the potential for a historic accord between the leaders of North and South Korea.

Over the course of our conversations, I came to see Obama as a president who has grown steadily more fatalistic about the constraints on America's ability to direct global events, even as he has, late in his presidency, accumulated a set of potentially historic foreign - policy achievements — controversial, provisional achievements, to be sure, but achievements nonetheless: the opening to Cuba, the Paris climate - change accord, the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement, and, of course, the Iran nuclear deal.

In a 7 August interview with Der Spiegel, Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called the deal «a historic mistake» that will «allow Iran to become a military nuclear threshold state.»