This idea was particularly abhorrent to Trump’s Latin America team, which now included Elliott Abrams, a Cold War hawk who in the 1980s had defended Central American death squads and lied to Congress about the Iran-Contra scandal. . ..…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on 13 June characterised two separate attacks against six tankers and additional incidents in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Afghanistan over the previous month as “a series of attacks instigated by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates against American and..…
“At the same time there’s a sense that the President can take the nation to war without building that broad consensus before risking the lives of Americans.” . Eoyang cited recent tensions between the United States and Iran, which have led critics to argue that hawkish members of the..…
“Children battling cancer are an unintended victim of American sanctions on Iran. ..…
“They (Americans) are resorting to childish behaviour... They were claiming every day ‘We want to talk, with no preconditions’...and then they sanction (our) foreign minister,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television. . ... “When Dr Zarif gives an interview in New York,..…
“They (Americans) are resorting to childish behaviour... They were claiming every day ‘We want to talk, with no preconditions’...and then they sanction (our) foreign minister,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television. . ... “When Dr Zarif gives an interview in New York,..…
“When Dr Zarif gives an interview in New York, … they (Americans) say Iran’s foreign minister is misleading our public opinion,” Rouhani said. ..…
At a moment when the potential for nuclear confrontations with North Korea and Iran is rising, the American decision to abandon the 32-year-old treaty has prompted new worries in Europe and Asia, and warnings that echo an era that once seemed banished to the history books. ..…
On September 13, 2018, Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard took to the floor of the House to rebuke the administration, accusing President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence of protecting “al-Qaeda and other jihadist forces in Syria,” all the while “threatening Russia, Syria, and Iran, with..…
The aide deplored Trump's last decision to withdraw the US from the nuclear deal, known saying American president keeps finding on the brink of war due to Washington's diplomacy on Tehran.. Pulling out of Iran Deal and sanctioning Iran's Foreign Minister forecloses diplomacy, 2019. ..…
Israel drives US foreign policy on Iran, says American writer and sociopolitical analyst Walt Peretto in response to the imposition of sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif by the administration of President Donald Trump.. ..…
In 1964, he complained, “If an American sergeant kills the Shah of Iran, we can’t take him to court. But if the Shah of Iran does the slightest thing to an American, they will take him out.” . ..…