August 31, 2020
UPDATE ON AMERICAN EFFORTS TO KILL IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL Since its signing on 14 July 2015, we have featured many blogs on the importance of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the manifold efforts of then National Security Advisor John Bolton and the Trump administration to kill this landmark nuclear deal with Iran. […]
Read MoreMay 14, 2018
As we highlighted in our previous blog post, Trump violates Iran Nuclear Deal, on May 8, 2018 President Donald Trump announced his decision to unilaterally reimpose sanctions on Iran, despite its full compliance with the agreement. RI President Peggy Mason discusses the repercussions with host Don Martin on CTV’s Power Play: Since then, experts have sought […]
Read MoreMay 8, 2018
May 8, 2018. Former Disarmament Ambassadors condemn Trump’s unilateral breach of international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program Two former Canadian Disarmament Ambassadors, Douglas Roche and Peggy Mason, today condemned in the strongest possible terms the decision by Donald Trump not to renew U.S. sanctions waivers in violation of the 2015 landmark nuclear deal between the […]
Read MoreJuly 14, 2015
I am writing this blog not only as RI President, but as a former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the United Nations. I had much direct experience of negotiations with Iran, in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review process and in many other arms control negotiations at the UN. Of course that was […]
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