The Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Israel and the U.S. Congress
The Framework Agreement
A. EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian FM Mohammad
Javad Zarif, “Iran Nuclear Plan,” Lausanne, 2 April 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
B. U.S. Department of State, “Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program,”Washington, 2 April 2015 . . . . . . 71
Israel and the U.S. Congress
C. House Democrats, Letter to Speaker John Boehner to Postpone Israeli PM
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress,Washington, 18 February 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
D. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Remarks before the U.S. Congress regarding
the Iran Nuclear Threat,Washington, 3 March 2015 (excerpts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
E. “Leaked Mossad Cable on Iran’s Nuclear Program,”
Al Jazeera, 23 February 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
F. Iranian Amb. to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo, “Netanyahu’s Nuclear Deceptions,”
The New York Times, 3 March 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
G. Senate Republicans, “An Open Letter to the Leaders of Iran,” Washington,
9 March 2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
H. Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif, Response to Republicans’ Open Letter to
the Leaders of Iran, New York, 9 March 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
I. Thomas Friedman’s Interview of U.S. Pres. Barack Obama, “Iran and the
Obama Doctrine,” The New York Times, 5 April 2015 (excerpts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
J. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Interview with Israel’s Channel 10 News regarding
the Iran Nuclear Plan, Washington, 30 April 2015 (excerpts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90