The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Today's Headlines and Commentary by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic Friday July 10 th , 2015  at  7:51 PM Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices 1 Share Nuclear negotiations with Iran have been extended through the weekend.  According to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the United States is prepared to keep working toward a deal but will “call an end to the process” if the deadlock cannot be broken. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Iran’s state-run news station, “Unfortunately we have seen changes in the position and excessive demands...by several countries,” making the task of securing a deal much harder. One Iranian negotiator  said , “It’s not like a multilateral negotiation. It’s like we’re doing five bilateral negotiations.…Everyone now has their own red line.” The  Washington Post   reports  that negotiations today have been less rushed than yesterday, when envoys were pushing to reach a deal by the end of the day. Af