Tag: Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. After almost two years of sparring the EU will be discussing the bloc's budget, to work out Europe's spending plans for the next seven years.

World leaders ‘racing against time’ to save Iran nuclear deal

Tim Pearce · February 26, 2020 7:56 pm

An explosion by Israeli airstrikes is seen in Gaza City early Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Israel's military says it struck Palestinian militants in Gaza and Syria after they fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel. The rockets on Sunday evening came hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian militant who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence.

Israeli defense minister: 95% chance country will launch ‘large’ military campaign in Gaza

Zach Halaschak · February 25, 2020 10:54 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Mike Pompeo accuses China and Iran of coronavirus cover-up

Tim Pearce · February 25, 2020 7:09 pm

Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday, in Wadi al-Salam, or "Valley of Peace" cemetery, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus

Spencer Neale · February 25, 2020 3:31 pm

Iran becomes epicenter for coronavirus outbreak in Middle East

Cassidy Morrison · February 24, 2020 10:27 pm

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

Regime hard-liners set to win Iranian parliamentary elections with low voter turnout

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2020 10:30 pm

Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo at a Pentagon press briefing Feb. 7, 2020 with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

Terror in South America: Iran and Hezbollah threaten the region, insiders say

Abraham Mahshie · February 21, 2020 5:01 am

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers his sermon in the Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.

Global watchdog sanctions Iran for financing terrorism, in blow to Islamic Republic

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2020 1:05 am

/// Hello - I hope you're doing well. These handout photos will go along with the 82nd Airborne returning home story out of Fort Bragg, NC. Thank you! Sarah Blake Major General James Mingus, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, welcomes paratroopers home from the Middle East to Fort Bragg during a ceremony Thursday, February 20th, 2020. (U.S. Army photo) A soldier reunites with his daughter at Fort Bragg after returning from the Middle East. The 82nd Airborne Division's Immediate Response Force had been deployed since New Years Eve. Thursday, February 20th, 2020.

Some troops deployed amid Iran tensions return home

Zach Halaschak · February 20, 2020 11:03 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 5, 2020. Khamenei said Wednesday that Donald Trump's Mideast plan will not outlive the president.

US commission condemns report Iran may destroy tomb of Esther and Mordechai

Zach Halaschak · February 20, 2020 9:17 pm

Smoke fills the sky at the Abqaiq oil processing facility on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Drones claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies.

Pentagon: Death of Soleimani has not stemmed Iranian arms smuggling

Abraham Mahshie · February 20, 2020 8:08 pm

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What to expect from new Director of National Intelligence Rich Grenell

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2020 12:56 am