Tag: Iran

In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran.

Muslim scholar: Iran regime threatened for ‘first time ever’ under Trump

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 9:12 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to become the US ambassador to Russia, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington.

‘Great respect’: Mike Lee praises Trump’s restraint following Iran missile attacks after slamming briefing

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 8:14 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media during a press conference in London after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Friday, March 14, 2014. Kerry arrived in London Friday, for his last meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the Crimea vote.

‘He knew you would ask the question’: Kerry faults media for playing into Trump’s Iran deal narrative

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 7:59 pm

Iranian protesters chant slogans at a rally in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

‘Turn your internet back on’: Trump scolds Iran over censorship amid protests

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 6:15 pm

Sen. Rand Paul accused Peter Strzok and Lisa Page of having a "political vendetta" against President Trump and said he is worried about their access to sensitive information. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Rand Paul: Obama did ‘hundreds and hundreds of targeted killings’ without asking Congress

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 12, 2020 6:02 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, on a reintroduction of a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Republican senator says lawmakers were not told about threat to four embassies during briefing

Tim Pearce · January 12, 2020 5:06 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.

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‘We don’t want Islamic Republic’: Thousands of protesters stand up to Iran’s brutality

Kaylee McGhee White · January 12, 2020 4:00 pm

Chris Wallace grills national security adviser on ‘contradiction’ between Trump embassy claims and briefing

Carlin Becker · January 12, 2020 3:51 pm

Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin, of Iran, celebrates after winning a bronze medal in women's 57-kg taekwondo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

Iran’s only female Olympic medalist defects amid mass protests against the regime

Tim Pearce · January 12, 2020 3:07 pm

23rd Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper speaks at Conmy Hall at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, during a full honor arrival ceremony in his honor.

‘He believed it probably could have been’: Esper says Trump had no intelligence on threat to four embassies

Spencer Neale · January 12, 2020 2:58 pm

A Hezbollah supporter uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Nasrallah said U.S. President Donald Trump declared war on the Middle East when the U.S. assassinated Soleimani and when the White House announced its plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He called on all to resist U.S. influence and its troops presence.

Trump prioritizes fight against Iran-backed narcoterrorist network Obama neglected: DEA official

Jerry Dunleavy · January 12, 2020 5:01 am

‘Saddam Hussein’s hell is better than the Americans’ paradise’

Carlo J.V. Caro · January 12, 2020 5:00 am