Tag: Iran

President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s State of the Union: Three foreign policy lines to watch for

Tom Rogan · January 30, 2018 2:58 pm

President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

The 9 biggest things to watch in Trump’s first State of the Union

Sarah Bedford · January 30, 2018 9:00 am

"Since World War II, we've had three Democratic supermajorities in the Senate. The first gave us the New Deal, the second gave us the Great Society, the third gave us Obamacare and Dodd-Frank," said Sen. Ted Cruz. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ted Cruz touts his ‘relatively unusual position in the Senate’

Timothy P. Carney · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

"The Russians understand our position, they understand well the significance that we give to these threats," Benjamin Netanyahu said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu threatens Lebanon, Iran: ‘We will act’

Joel Gehrke · January 29, 2018 10:45 pm

It is both morally pathetic and intellectually absurd. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Too many Europeans are determined to appease Iran at all costs

Tom Rogan · January 26, 2018 10:08 pm

In this photo, anti-riot Iranian police prevent university students from joining other protesters over Iran's weak economy on Dec. 30, 2017. It is up to the international community to step up for the rights of the protesters who linger in the Iranian regime's prisons, a responsibility it has not yet fulfilled. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The world must not forget the plight of Iranian protesters

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2018 8:35 pm

President Trump's meeting with the U.N. Security Council comes in the middle of a two-track effort in Congress and with European allies to address flaws that the Trump administration perceives in the nuclear deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama's team. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

National Security

Trump, UN Security Council to meet Monday on Iran

Joel Gehrke · January 26, 2018 6:28 pm

As Iranian leaders lick their wounds, many of those whom Iranian security forces have identified as participating in protests will experience hell. (Mehdi Pedramkhoo/Mehr News Agency via AP)

Beltway Confidential

How Iranian repression works

Michael Rubin · January 25, 2018 10:25 pm

Tehran conducted 23 total missile tests since signing the U.S.-broker nuclear deal in 2015. The most tested variant had been the medium-range missiles that are considered most threatening because they can carry a nuclear warhead and reach U.S. bases in the region, the study found. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

National Security

Iran likely curbed missile tests after Michael Flynn threat: Study

Travis J. Tritten · January 25, 2018 9:25 pm

In July, North Korea's launch of its second intercontinental ballistic missile landed in the waters of Japan's economic zone, sparking new fears the hermit kingdom's arsenal had improved in reach. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Rep. Elise Stefanik: The East Coast needs a missile defense post

Rep. Elise Stefanik · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

In this photo from Monday, people listen to Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah as he speaks on a screen via a video link. On Thursday, the business committee of the British Parliament will debate whether to proscribe Hezbollah's political wing as a terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Beltway Confidential

Britain’s big strategic mistake: tolerating the Lebanese Hezbollah

Tom Rogan · January 25, 2018 1:40 am

In an interview today with the Washington Examiner's editorial board, Sen. Ted Cruz thinks that President Trump's stance on the Iran nuclear deal is a step in the right direction. "I think the president did the right thing when he decertified the agreement," Cruz said. "When he declined to sign the certification and told Congress he could not certify that Iran was in compliance with the deal or that it was in the national security interest of the United States, I vigorously encouraged the president to do that." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Is President Trump heading in the right direction on Iran?

Siraj Hashmi · January 24, 2018 8:25 pm