Tag: Iran

In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei gestures while speaking during a gathering of thousands of members of the Basij.

Beltway Confidential

Americans deserve a transparent Iran policy

Sean Durns · July 21, 2023 6:00 am

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin.

Pentagon deploys additional firepower to the Middle East to deter Iran

Mike Brest · July 17, 2023 7:12 pm

A U.S. F-15 near Al-Tanf, Syria, shot down an Iranian drone where the U.S. is training local fighters to combat the Islamic State. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch/Released)

Iran and Russia working to push US out of Syria, Pentagon official says

Mike Brest · July 14, 2023 10:11 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks to reporters after a closed-door briefing on the Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the United States recently, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

Marco Rubio slams Biden administration for handling of Iran envoy: ‘It’s not good’

Brady Knox · July 13, 2023 12:43 am

An elderly Cypriot man walks in front of a blocked road with barrels and sand bags where covered with a fabric as on the top is seen a banner showing the island in division, across the UN buffer zone that divides the Greek, south, and Turkish Cypriots, north, controlled areas, in the divided capital Nicosia, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The island's division came about in 1974 when Turkey invaded in the wake of a coup aimed at union with Greece.

Beltway Confidential

The Turkey-Iran terror nexus in occupied Cyprus shakes the status quo

Michael Rubin · July 12, 2023 10:21 am

Biden Iran envoy under FBI investigation for mishandling classified documents: Report

Eden Villalovas · July 8, 2023 2:58 am

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran. A senior Iranian official said Monday, March 17, 2014, that an alleged attempt to sabotage one of Tehran's nuclear facilities, the nuclear reactor at Arak in the center of the country, involved foreign intelligence agencies who tampered with imported pumps. Tehran has accused the Israel, the U.S. and their allies of undermining Iran's nuclear program through covert operations. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Beltway Confidential

Iran must notify about new enrichment facilities

Andrea Stricker · July 7, 2023 11:00 am

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seizes commercial ship in Arabian Gulf

Mike Brest · July 6, 2023 7:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Capitalizing on the Abraham Accords will weaken Iran’s pernicious influence

Sarah Schornstein · July 6, 2023 6:00 am

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

Iranian navy vessel fires on oil tanker in Gulf of Oman, prompting US to intervene

Mike Brest · July 5, 2023 6:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

The US failure behind Israel’s Jenin raid

Sean Durns · July 5, 2023 2:26 pm

House Republican demands answers from Blinken on Iran negotiator’s suspension

Gabrielle M. Etzel · July 1, 2023 7:51 pm