Tag: Iran

In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei gestures while speaking during a gathering of thousands of members of the Basij.

Beltway Confidential

The Caribbean and Pacific are weak links in counterterrorism against Iran

Michael Rubin · March 30, 2023 6:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Israel’s government might be flailing, but the Mossad is flourishing

Tom Rogan · March 29, 2023 10:00 am

AUMF mirage: Republicans still hawkish on war powers despite support for repeal

David Sivak · March 28, 2023 5:18 pm

In this Monday, June 1, 2020 photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets with Valery Vakulchik, chief of the Belarusian state security service, KGB, in Minsk, Belarus.

Beltway Confidential

Designate Belarus as a state sponsor of terrorism

Michael Rubin · March 28, 2023 10:00 am

Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, March 24, 2023, in Washington.

Pentagon says it doesn’t want conflict with Iran after strike exchange in Syria

Mike Brest · March 24, 2023 8:05 pm

An example of an unmanned aerial vehicle, this one from the Israeli Air Force (unrelated to the U.S. conflict in Syria). (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Beltway Confidential

The US and Iran continue their Syria not so merry go round

Daniel DePetris · March 24, 2023 4:01 pm

President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Raisi warned that any roadmap to restore Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see international inspectors end their probe on man-made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in the country.

The West’s Iran policy risks another Middle East war

Andrea Stricker and Anthony Ruggiero · March 24, 2023 3:29 am

A U.S. F-15 near Al-Tanf, Syria, shot down an Iranian drone where the U.S. is training local fighters to combat the Islamic State. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch/Released)

How to curb the threat of Iranian drones

Ahmad Hashemi · March 17, 2023 4:47 am

Cpl. Charles A. Graner Jr. appearing to punch one of several handcuffed detainees lying on the floor in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. Graner was later convicted of offenses that included stacking the prisoners into a pyramid, knocking one of them out with a head punch and ordering prisoners to masturbate while soldiers took pictures. He was released Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 from a military prison after serving more than 6Â½ years of a 10-year sentence, an Army spokeswoman said.

What were they thinking when they chose to invade Iraq?

Dan Hannan · March 13, 2023 1:10 am

State Department spokesman Ned Price.

State Department says Iran’s claims that prisoner swap deal had been reached a ‘cruel lie’

Ryan King · March 12, 2023 4:15 pm

Beltway Confidential

They make a desert and call it peace

Gabriel Noronha · March 10, 2023 7:37 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting with a group of Revolutionary Guards and their families, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s agreement is lipstick on a pig

Tom Rogan · March 10, 2023 7:04 pm