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..…
it's this Congress has abdicated its responsibility to declare war, allowing successive administrations to make ever-more-expansive claims of authority to fire missiles, drop bombs, and send American soldiers into harm's way.. ..…
“Children battling cancer are an unintended victim of American sanctions on Iran. ..…
FILE PHOTO Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives for meeting at United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan of New York, U.S., July 18, 2019. ..…
European parties to the pact have called for diplomacy to defuse the crisis, and Tehran and Washington have taken hard lines and on Wednesday Trump administration slapped sanctions on Iran's - likely further blow to any chances for troubleshooting dialogue... ..…
DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused United States of childish behavior and acting out of fear on Thursday after Washington imposed sanctions on Iran's amid rising tensions between the two countries... ..…
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..…
Tensions between Washington and Tehran hit a new high in June after the US sent a number of military aircarft to the Iranian skies under a tense climate of escalating threats, forcing the IRGC Aerospace Force to shoot down one of the intruding American aircraft. . Iran has stressed that it..…
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.” . ..…