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Daybreak: Iranian FM’s Nuclear Past

Plus Syrian unrest unrests Lebanon, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
May 16, 2012
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi last month.(Atta Kenare/AFP/GettyImages)
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi last month.(Atta Kenare/AFP/GettyImages)

• Based on uncovered communiqués, Iran’s current foreign minister was involved in Iran’s nuclear program in the 1990s, reports David Albright. [Reuters/Haaretz]

• Salafists in Lebanon are getting energized by the civil war against the Shiite regime next door in Syria. [WP]

• What was between the lines has been made explicit: Israel’s 11th-hour deal with the hunger strikers created conditions for a relatively mild Nakba Day. [Haaretz]

• The RAND Corporation sides with Meir Dagan et al against attacking Iran right now. [Haaretz]

• Speaking of, Dagan is definitely politicking—now he’s opining on the Tal Law. [JPost]

Right now, for the first time, Argentina has a Jewish president (he won’t be president tomorrow). [JTA]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.