Posts Tagged ‘ultimatums’

Caught in the Cross-Fire: US, Iran give EU two ultimatums

The future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is hanging in the balance, as both the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have given the EU ultimatums. While Donald Trump’s sanctions targeting foreign businesses are due to come into force on August 6, 2018, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has set conditions for Iran to remain in the agreement with a 60-day deadline. The list […]

No to ‘Star Wars Style’: Ultimatums & raising stakes won’t solve international crises, says Lavrov

“Over and over again we come to realize that ultimatums and pressure, exerted externally, including by coercion, are inevitably doomed to failure, the attempts to raise stakes in the manner of westerns and Star Wars [saga] are doomed,” Lavrov said, speaking at the Primakov Readings international think-tank summit in Moscow on Wednesday.  The policy of […]

Assad may opt for war to escape Russian, Arab, European ultimatums

DebkaFile August 30, 2011 Monday night and Tuesday, Aug-29-30, three international heavyweights – Russia, the European Union and key Muslim nations – gave Syrian President Bashar Assad tough ultimatums for ending his ferocious crackdown on protest. Nevertheless, on Monday, his troops shot dead 17 people in Syrian cities – even as he received Russian Deputy […]

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