Tag: Iran

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.

Pelosi: Election threats from Russia and China ‘not equivalent’ as Kremlin is ‘actively, 24/7 interfering’

Mica Soellner · August 9, 2020 3:12 pm

Beltway Confidential

Brent Scowcroft’s foreign policy theories never passed the reality test

Michael Rubin · August 8, 2020 7:17 pm

National Security

State Department sends texts to Iranians and Russians offering $10M for info on US election meddling

Zach Halaschak · August 7, 2020 6:59 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping agreed to deepen cooperation in a range of areas after a summit meeting this week.

China prefers Trump losing while Russia seeks to undermine Biden, US intelligence community says

Jerry Dunleavy · August 7, 2020 6:57 pm

Iran point man Brian Hook leaving State Department

Joel Gehrke · August 6, 2020 6:08 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a book at the beginning of the plenary session of the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

France deserves US support on Lebanon reform gambit

Tom Rogan · August 6, 2020 4:55 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers his sermon in the Friday prayers at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.

Ali Khamenei says Iran will not negotiate with ‘old man’ Trump

Zach Halaschak · August 1, 2020 8:42 pm

In this undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant is seen in Abu Dhabi's Western desert.

Energy and Environment

United Arab Emirates starts up ‘first peaceful nuclear energy reactor in the Arab world’

Zach Halaschak · August 1, 2020 3:23 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, centre, and China's President Xi Jinping left, walk to open joint naval exercises in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

Not just Russia: Top US officials peg China as pressing 2020 election threat

Jerry Dunleavy · July 31, 2020 12:07 am

Ensure recent changes at the United States Agency for Global Media support its mission

Rep. Francis Rooney · July 30, 2020 10:30 am

Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday, in Wadi al-Salam, or "Valley of Peace" cemetery, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Iran attacks fake US aircraft carrier

Zach Halaschak · July 28, 2020 5:58 pm

The IRGC will continue its overreach until directly confronted, or until it achieves the regional dominance it clearly seeks. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Iranian aircraft carrier exercise is a veil for fear and weakness

Tom Rogan · July 28, 2020 5:22 pm