Tag: Iran

Russian missile strike hits residential apartment building in Ukraine

Reporter’s Notebook: Russia’s latest potential war crimes in Ukraine

Examiner Staff · January 21, 2023 10:00 pm

White House reaffirms commitment to freeing Americans detained in Iran

Mike Brest · January 17, 2023 3:39 pm

A woman steps through a door that is covered by a mural depicting American hostages and wrongful detainees who are being held abroad, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. At left is Siamak Namazi, who has been in captivity in Iran since 2015. At right is Jose Angel Pereira, who has been imprisoned in Venezuela since 2017.

American imprisoned in Iran since 2015 begins hunger strike

Mike Brest · January 16, 2023 5:40 pm

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 4, 2020. Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.

Beltway Confidential

Mujahedin-e-Khalq isn’t a cult? Prove it

Michael Rubin · January 16, 2023 11:00 am

Iran executes former deputy defense minister Alireza Akbari for alleged espionage

Ryan King · January 14, 2023 4:37 pm

Iranian demonstrators hold posters showing portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, top left on the poster, in a protest against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in front of the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran.

Threats from Iran are expanding beyond Middle East, defense official says

Mike Brest · January 13, 2023 4:54 pm

A group of protesters chant slogans at the old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Protesters in the Iranian capital swarmed its historic Grand Bazaar on Monday, news agencies reported, and forced shopkeepers to close their stalls in apparent anger over the Islamic republic's troubled economy, months after similar demonstrations rocked the country.

Beltway Confidential

The antidote to the Iranian regime is Big Tech

Sahar Soleimany · January 13, 2023 2:29 pm

US extends security to Pompeo and former Trump officials after threats from Iran

Misty Severi · January 11, 2023 4:12 pm

Washington Secrets

Historic Saudi-Israel normalization stalled by rift with Biden, US

Paul Bedard · January 11, 2023 3:20 pm

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses a ceremony marking anniversary of the death of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Iran punishes Belgian with 74 lashes and 40 years in prison for alleged espionage

Ryan King · January 10, 2023 9:44 pm

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in the parliamentary elections, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Iranians began voting for a new parliament Friday, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically.

Oversight Board overturns Facebook removal of post protesting Iranian leadership

Christopher Hutton · January 9, 2023 8:54 pm

FILE--In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility near the central city of Arak is backdropped by mountains. Iran's reformers and moderate conservatives welcomed an agreement between Iran and six world powers on how to implement a nuclear deal struck in November, saying it will shore up Iran's sanctions-hit economy but hardliners still remain opposed. The six-nation group - the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany - and Iran have agreed to start implementing the terms of the historic interim deal from Jan. 20. That will start a six-month clock for a final deal to be struck over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear program. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Beltway Confidential

Will 2023 put the final nail in the Iran nuclear deal coffin?

Daniel DePetris · January 8, 2023 6:00 am