NOTE: The link to an interview initially put at the end of today’s entry has been additionally repositioned as the first segment. (Misidentification of interviewer has been corrected.)
For today, links to two interviews: from Daniel Davis Deep Dive and National Public Radio; to five reports: from Reuters, Anadolu Agency and the Cradle; and to three articles of commentary: from Indian Punchline, the Cradle, and ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (IRAN 7-3-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, MEDIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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FROM LATE JUNE MIT Professor Ted Postol: Can we believe Trump admin’s narrative narrative on Iran’s nuke sites? Gary Villapiano of Daniel Davis Deep Dive talks with the professor of science, technology and national security about the explanation by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine on June 22 about what the U.S. bombings of Iranian nuclear reactor sites in June accomplished. Click HERE for YouTube video of interview.
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U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to resume in Oslo. Scott Simon of NPR speaks with Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University, about the prospect of a new nuclear deal between Iran and the U.S. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Tehran dismisses reports of renewed US talks as ‘incorrect speculation.’ From the Cradle. Iran’s Foreign Ministry today denied reports that Tehran and Washington were scheduled to resume indirect nuclear negotiations, rejecting the claims as baseless. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for July 4 report from the Cradle.
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FROM JULY 4 IAEA pulls inspectors from Iran as standoff over access drags on, by François Murphy | Reuters VIENNA — The UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country’s nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 3 Iran says it remains committed to nuclear non-proliferation treaty, by Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — Iran confirmed today that it remains committed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its Safeguards Agreement — this a day after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law passed by the parliament that requires the government to suspend . . .READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle.
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FROM JULY 3 France seeks a role in Iran situation, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline Russia and France have underscored the imperative of “settling the crisis around Iran’s nuclear programme and any other differences arising in the Middle East exclusively via political and diplomatic means.” Presidents Putin and Macron have an understanding to . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 4 Israel’s war on Iranian science: Inside the targeted murders of nuclear minds, by Fereshteh Sadeghi | The Cradle In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched an unprecedented wave of aerial attacks on Iranian territory. The first round unleashed the most systematic assassination campaign against Tehran’s nuclear scientists and military commanders in recent history. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 3 Now what? by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost “How can you tell,” Reuters asked in a June 29 report, “if enriched uranium stocks, some of them near weapons grade, were buried beneath the rubble or secretly hidden away?” You cannot, it seems to me. Neither can President Trump or any of his adjutants. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for that Reuters report, and HERE for related YouTube interview cited in article.
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