Tag: Iran

Space Force recruitment video invokes Steve Carell Netflix role

Abraham Mahshie · May 6, 2020 6:46 pm

Beltway Confidential

Major US influence on Iranians sidelined by anti-Trump bias

Alireza Nader · May 6, 2020 5:17 pm

EU should sanction Iranian airlines exporting coronavirus and terror

Mikhael Smits and Benjamin Weinthal · May 6, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Iran is using the pandemic as cover for cracking down on intellectuals

Eugene Chudnovsky · May 4, 2020 8:05 pm

A Hezbollah supporter uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Nasrallah said U.S. President Donald Trump declared war on the Middle East when the U.S. assassinated Soleimani and when the White House announced its plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He called on all to resist U.S. influence and its troops presence.

National Security

‘Negative consequences’: Iran reacts to Germany banning Hezbollah and labeling it a terrorist group

Zach Halaschak · May 1, 2020 8:37 pm

Iran arrests thousands for ‘spreading rumors about coronavirus’ as official death toll questioned

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2020 9:08 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

‘Birds of a feather’: Iran partners with Venezuelan strongman Maduro to resist US sanctions

Joel Gehrke · April 30, 2020 5:09 pm

A protester holding a flag of Lebanon & Hezbollah militant group marches during a demonstration.

Germany bans Hezbollah and labels entire group a terrorist organization

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2020 2:49 pm

Don’t make the coronavirus an excuse for Iran’s bad behavior

Sandra Parker · April 30, 2020 3:01 am

President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Central Intelligence Agency director Gina Haspel at CIA Headquarters, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Langley, Va.

Pompeo prepared to kill the Iran nuclear deal to block arms sales to Tehran

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2020 7:56 pm

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., listens to debate as the House Oversight and Reform Committee considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Justin Amash’s platitude-centric foreign policy

Tom Rogan · April 29, 2020 7:27 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference on the second anniversary of his election, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2015. Rouhani said a final nuclear deal is "within reach" as Iran and world powers face a June 30 deadline for an agreement. Rouhani said Iran will allow inspections of its nuclear facilities but vowed that the Islamic republic won't allow its state "secrets" to be jeopardized under the cover of international inspections.

Iranian president cautions pandemic-ravaged citizens against ‘excessive worrying’ about coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · April 28, 2020 6:46 pm