Tag: Iran

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from New Hampshire and a member of the Armed Services Committee, announced plans to take the lead in writing the sanctions bill, though she provided no detail on how she planned to write it. She has the support of Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate GOP plans new Iran sanctions bill

Susan Crabtree · January 21, 2016 11:01 pm

National Security

GOP attacks Kerry over Iran sanctions admission

Susan Ferrechio · January 21, 2016 10:55 pm

New Cruz ad attacks Obama’s policy toward Iran

Ryan Lovelace · January 21, 2016 10:49 pm

Congress has since requested a report from the Obama administration on who is receiving those visa waivers. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut )

DHS: Iran travel could be exempt from tighter visa rules

Curt Mills · January 21, 2016 7:56 pm

Naghmeh Abedini, holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini. Saeed Abedini met with Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., on Tuesday at a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, where he has been receiving medical treatment and evaluation. (AP file photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmaker: Pastor Abedini feared for his life in Iran’s prisons

Susan Crabtree · January 21, 2016 4:44 pm

"Each and every player had an incentive to behave well until the [nuclear] negotiation ... was to be decided upon," Major Gen. Uzi Moskovitz said in a Tuesday interview with the Financial Times. (AP Photo)

Israeli official: Expect cyberattacks in the wake of Iran nuke deal

Rudy Takala · January 20, 2016 8:37 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Who pays the price when sanctions on Iran are lifted?

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2016 9:32 pm

White House Press secretary Josh Earnest said a "deeper diplomatic engagement" to thank for the release of five American citizens being held in Iran. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House says $1.7 billion to Iran not a ransom payment

Nicole Duran · January 19, 2016 7:53 pm

"This notion that John Kerry is putting out there, that these Iranians are friends ... it's absurd," Rubio said. "Iran, their government is an enemy of the U.S." (AP photo/Mary Altaffer)

Rubio: Kerry’s message on Iran is ‘absurd’

Gabby Morrongiello · January 19, 2016 2:26 pm

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, says President Obama's prisoner swap with Iran will only lead to more U.S. hostage-taking. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

McCaul: Obama’s Iran deal is ‘hostages for criminals’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 19, 2016 12:49 pm

In a Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 photo provided by the Hekmati family, Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, Mich., meets with former Iran prisoner Amir Hekmati at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. (Courtesy of the Hekmati Family via AP)

Congressmen of freed Iranian prisoners fly to Germany

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2016 12:46 am

"We had to work it through, and then it simply dovetailed in [with implementation day] and dovetailed fairly easily but it was not linked." (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry: With Iran prisoners returned, Obama will impose new sanctions

Susan Crabtree · January 18, 2016 11:32 pm