Tag: Iran

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One for a trip to Vietnam to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump announces release of US hostage held by Yemen since 2017

Caitlin Yilek · February 25, 2019 7:42 pm

President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with national security adviser John Bolton in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018, at the start of a meeting with military leaders.

John Bolton defends United Against Nuclear Iran from Russian scolding

Joel Gehrke · February 24, 2019 4:31 am

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about launching missile strikes on Syria during a televised statement at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 13, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Russia, Iran, and Bashar Assad will go crazy over Trump’s Syria peacekeeping force

Tom Rogan · February 22, 2019 7:30 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Masoud Barzani leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the province's capital Irbil, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

How to rebuild the US-Iraq alliance in a post-ISIS environment

Sarkawt Shamsulddin · February 21, 2019 3:43 pm

People buy flags to celebrate Pakistan's independence day in Lahore, Pakistan.

Beltway Confidential

Has Pakistan supplanted Iran as the leading terror sponsor?

Michael Rubin · February 20, 2019 9:51 pm

The U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Allen Grenell, poses for the media prior to his akkreditation by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Bellevue palace in Berlin, Germany.

Richard Grenell to lead US initiative to push for gay rights in Iran

Daniel Jativa · February 19, 2019 7:18 pm

National Security

Obama alum Ben Rhodes: ‘Stop pretending that Lindsey Graham is a credible voice on foreign policy’

Daniel Chaitin · February 18, 2019 3:36 am

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks towards Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz during a joint press conference, at the end of an international conference on promoting security in the Middle East that Poland co-hosted with the United States. in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.

Pompeo downplays Khashoggi murder amid ‘remarkable’ Israeli-Arab partnership

Joel Gehrke · February 15, 2019 6:27 pm

Participants pose for a group photo during a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The Polish capital is host for a two-day international conference, co-organized by Poland and the United States.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t defend Iran, you’ll only look dumb

Tom Rogan · February 15, 2019 5:02 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, talk to the press.

At Pompeo’s Warsaw summit, Netanyahu jokes Arab leaders have ‘dethroned’ him as chief Iran hawk

Joel Gehrke · February 14, 2019 11:56 pm

United States Vice President Mike Pence talks to the media during a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.

Pence: Iran is plotting ‘new Holocaust’ to wipe Israel off the map

Katelyn Caralle · February 14, 2019 4:00 pm

Netanyahu holding rare public meetings with Arab leaders at Warsaw summit

Joel Gehrke · February 13, 2019 10:34 pm