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Al-Monitor – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri said Israel’s key Dimona nuclear facility will be “a prime target” should a war break out between the two archenemies.  According to Bagheri, to conduct such an attack at the heart of Israel’s Negev Desert, Iran possesses the knowhow and technology to use “multiple routes” and firing options …

VOA — Iran and Russia sounded upbeat about talks on salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Tehran saying an accord was possible if other parties showed “good faith” and a Russian negotiator reporting “indisputable progress.”Iran and the United States resumed the indirect talks in Vienna on Monday, with Tehran focused on one side of the original bargain …

Al-Arabia – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that world powers should take a more firm position in nuclear talks with Iran. “Of course there can be a good agreement. Of course. We know the parameters. Is that expected to happen now ins the current dynamics? No. Because there needs to be a much firmer position,” Bennett said in …

RFL/RE – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said he is not opposed to a “good” nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, although he expressed skepticism that the talks that resumed this week can result in such an outcome. “At the end of the day, of course there can be a good deal,” Bennett told Israeli Army Radio on …

RFL/RE – French tourist Benjamin Briere, who has been in an Iranian prison since spring last year on spying charges, has begun a hunger strike, his lawyer and sister have said. A French Foreign Ministry spokesperson said December 27 that French authorities maintain close contact with Briere, visiting him on December 21 and contacting him again on December 27. The …