Tag: Iran

Political prisoners continue to linger under unbearable conditions in prisons that no foreign diplomat is allowed to visit. (AP Photo / Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t whitewash the Iranian regime’s crimes

Washington Examiner · July 12, 2017 6:29 pm

"We believe that a change in policy is long overdue." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Senators tell Rex Tillerson to declare Iran non-compliant with nuke deal

Joel Gehrke · July 12, 2017 3:04 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis just gave the most wide-ranging, profoundly thoughtful interview of his tenure so far as Pentagon chief. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

National Security

Jim Mattis grants interview to high school student

Jamie McIntyre · July 10, 2017 4:30 pm

A long-range S-200 missile is fired in a military drill in the port city of Bushehr, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2016. Iran has test-fired various ballistic missiles since the July 2015 nuclear deal. (Amir Kholousi, ISNA via AP)

When Iran launches missiles, Democrats want transparency from Trump

Pete Kasperowicz · July 10, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump arrives to deliver a speech at Krasinski Square at the Royal Castle, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

In sweeping speech, Trump calls out Russia for supporting ‘hostile regimes’

Sarah Bedford · July 6, 2017 1:17 pm

The run-up to the Iranian elections was marked by widespread activism that called for regime change, a reflection of the rising discontent in the Iranian society. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Regime change in Iran is within reach

Washington Examiner · July 5, 2017 4:23 pm

How to Beat ISIS

Maseh Zarif · July 5, 2017 10:00 am

President Trump not only caused massive damage to the Assad regime's aerial fleet, but also left in smoldering ruins years of Obama Administration talking points about action against Assad triggering "World War Three." (Shealah Craighead/The White House via AP)

We’ve attacked Bashar Assad, and yet no ‘World War III’

Mohammed Ghanem · July 2, 2017 4:01 am

Even the Trump-ordered retaliation for Assad's use of chemical weapons has links to the bigger fight. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

National Security

Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Syria crisis could lead to Iran-Israel war

Joel Gehrke · June 28, 2017 12:00 pm

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the Trump administration are both working to secure Namazi's release. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

UN chief makes secret attempt to persuade Iran to free American prisoner: Report

Josh Siegel · June 28, 2017 1:15 am

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she's worried Iran will acquire nuclear weapons and provide them to terrorist groups, with the tacit support of the Russians. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Nikki Haley worries Iran will give nuclear weapons to terrorists

Joel Gehrke · June 27, 2017 4:57 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that President Trump's travel ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Iran official: Trump travel ban is an ‘obvious breach’ of nuclear deal

Associated Press · June 27, 2017 11:59 am