Tag: Iran

Beltway Confidential

Trump has a great foreign policy record. Why isn’t he talking about it?

Irwin M. Stelzer · September 14, 2020 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington. Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East. From left, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump, Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook.

Iran and Turkey blast ‘shameful’ Israel-Bahrain normalization deal

Zach Halaschak · September 12, 2020 3:11 pm

In this June 25, 2018 file photo, a group of protesters chant slogans at the main gate of the Old Grand Bazaar, in Tehran, Iran. On Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, Iran broadcast the televised confession of a wrestler facing the death penalty after a tweet from President Donald Trump criticizing the case, a segment that resembled hundreds of other suspected coerced confessions aired over the last decade in the Islamic Republic. The case of 27-year-old Navid Afkari has drawn the attention of a social media campaign that portrays him and his brothers as victims targeted over participating in protests against Iran's Shiite theocracy in 2018.

Iran executes wrestler Navid Afkari despite pleas from Trump and Dana White

Zach Halaschak · September 12, 2020 2:35 pm

From left to right: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran, President Xi Jinping of China, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.

Microsoft says Russian, Chinese, and Iranian hackers targeting 2020 election

Jerry Dunleavy · September 10, 2020 10:01 pm

Saudi Arabia reported two of its oil tankers were attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in attacks last May. One of them was en route to pick up Saudi oil to take to the United States.

China’s growing influence in the Persian Gulf should worry Washington

Saeed Ghasseminejad · September 8, 2020 12:00 am

Displays show the photos of thousands of people killed by Iran over the past decades. The photos were set up outside of Capitol Hill on Friday.

‘Crimes against humanity’: Group holds event near Capitol Hill featuring photos of thousands killed in Iran

Zach Halaschak · September 4, 2020 9:57 pm

Magazine - Columnists

Trump has become more conservative, if uniquely so

Fred Barnes · September 4, 2020 3:00 am

Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, is sworn in before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May. 5, 2020. The panel is considering Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence.

Spy chief: Democratic document on Russian interference ‘draws selectively’ from classified intelligence

Jerry Dunleavy · September 3, 2020 7:51 pm

Attorney General nominee William Barr speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Barr claims China, not Russia, is most aggressive country in election meddling arena

Jerry Dunleavy · September 3, 2020 1:56 pm

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with government officials in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Iran's supreme leader is criticizing the U.S. over its hard-line stance toward the country since President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from a landmark nuclear deal with Western powers.

‘Enforced disappearance, torture’: Amnesty International releases report about Iranian treatment of protesters

Zach Halaschak · September 2, 2020 7:28 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 5, 2020. Khamenei said Wednesday that Donald Trump's Mideast plan will not outlive the president.

‘Disgraced forever’: Iran’s Ali Khamenei blasts Israel-UAE deal as ‘treason’ in first reaction to pact

Zach Halaschak · September 1, 2020 6:53 pm

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said European leaders should "stand against US measures" after President Trump threatened to cancel the Iran nuclear deal. "They should avoid meddling into our defense matters. We won't accept EU siding with US bully," he said. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Ali Khamenei reminds us of his anti-Semitism and evil hypocrisy

Tom Rogan · September 1, 2020 12:49 pm