Tag: Iran

"What the president has done has created new space to prevent a very bad deal from materializing, and to fix it." (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump made ‘very brave decision’ to disavow Iran nuclear deal

Josh Siegel · October 15, 2017 3:34 pm

"Well, I think right now you are going to see us stay in the deal, because what we hope is that we can improve this. We could improve the situation, and that's the goal," she said. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

National Security

Nikki Haley: The US will stay in the Iran deal to send a message to North Korea

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 2:59 pm

"There is no chance that the deal is going to be renegotiated, the Iranians will not renegotiate and neither will the Europeans. If we were to pull all of this agreement as the president is threatening, Iran would get everything they want." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chris Murphy: If Trump pulls out of Iran nuclear deal, it would only help the Iranians

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 2:01 pm

"It's a weak deal that is being weakly monitored," McMaster said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

H.R. McMaster: Trump doesn’t trust Iran to comply with nuclear deal

Kyle Feldscher · October 15, 2017 1:24 pm

"He is behaving in an impulsive way that confuses people which I think is not good for the stability of the world," Clinton said of Trump.

National Security

Hillary Clinton: Trump’s rebuke of Iran nuclear deal a ‘major mistake’

Robert King · October 14, 2017 10:07 pm

Sigmar Gabriel told a German radio station that President Trump's threat Friday to not formally certify the Iran nuclear accord could further destabilize the region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

National Security

German minister: Trump’s actions on Iran deal could move world closer to war

Robert King · October 14, 2017 9:12 pm

No Things Considered

No Things Considered: Trump dumps the Iran nuclear deal

Tim Young · October 13, 2017 11:40 pm

Former Secretary of State John Kerry said President Trump's decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal is "dangerous." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

John Kerry: Trump creating an ‘international crisis’ by threatening Iran nuclear deal

Diana Stancy Correll · October 13, 2017 10:39 pm

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Beltway Confidential

‘6 Days’ shows how Britain saved Iranian diplomats in London during the Iran hostage crisis

Tom Rogan · October 13, 2017 9:43 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, said he is "committed to working with the Trump administration to constrain Iran's support for terrorism and proxy militias, impede the threat of ballistic missiles and deny Iran the path to a nuclear weapon." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Trump’s Iran move was ‘appropriate’

Susan Ferrechio · October 13, 2017 9:31 pm

Trump's Iran strategy depends, at least in the short-term, on European cooperation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Rex Tillerson: Allies will be ‘very supportive’ of Iran strategy

Joel Gehrke · October 13, 2017 9:21 pm

President Trump says Iran is not living up to the "spirit" of the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and announced a new strategy in a speech Friday. He says his administration will impose additional sanctions on the regime to block its financing of terrorism. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Trump throws a Hail Mary pass against Iran

Reuel Marc Gerecht · October 13, 2017 8:46 pm