Tag: Iran

National Security

Trump has Iran in check during vulnerable presidential transition, says congressman

Abraham Mahshie · January 5, 2021 11:30 am

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman adjusts his robe as leaders gather for the group at the G20 Leader's Summit at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. The prince is a controversial figure at the summit, due to the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist in the country's Istanbul consulate. Saudi Arabia denies that bin Salman ordered the killing, but U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the opposite.

Beltway Confidential

Why the Saudi-Qatar standoff isn’t over

Tom Rogan · January 4, 2021 8:04 pm

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony.

Iran seizes South Korean oil tanker after announcing 20% uranium enrichment

Tyler Van Dyke · January 4, 2021 1:29 pm

In this October 24, 2015 file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

Beltway Confidential

Note the Lebanese Hezbollah’s new threat to America

Tom Rogan · January 3, 2021 7:03 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

National Security

Iran to enrich uranium to 20% as anniversary of Soleimani killing approaches

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 5:26 pm

FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2016 photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran. A U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport on Friday Jan. 3, 2020 killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force. Soleimani was considered the architect of Iran's policy in Syria. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

‘Severe revenge’: Top Iranian official warns Soleimani killers ‘will not be safe on Earth’

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 3:49 pm

On its 75th anniversary, the UN soils itself

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2020 5:00 am

A B-52 Stratofortress conducts a flyover during a âSalute to Americaâ event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington.

US flies bombers over Middle East as anniversary of Soleimani killing approaches

Zach Halaschak · December 31, 2020 1:35 am

Airport explosion in Yemen kills 25 people and wounds 100 as new government arrives

Haley Victory Smith · December 31, 2020 1:06 am

In this image taken from video, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, openly weeps as he leads a prayer over the coffin of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

Why the US fears an Iranian attack on or around Sunday

Tom Rogan · December 30, 2020 3:30 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

‘Group of benefactors in the US’ to send 150,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Iran: Report

Zach Halaschak · December 28, 2020 7:46 pm

Mouse cursor hovering over an Iranian flag.

FBI and CISA say Iran is behind ‘Enemies of the People’ site targeting election officials

Jerry Dunleavy · December 23, 2020 11:14 pm