Tag: Iran

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.

Coronavirus shouldn’t earn Iran a pass

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2020 4:00 am

Paramilitary policemen wear face masks as they march in formation into a pedestrian underpass next to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. China said Tuesday the number of infections from a new virus surpassed 20,000 as medical workers and patients arrived at a new hospital and President Xi Jinping said "we have launched a people's war of prevention of the epidemic."

National Security

‘Xi Jinping’s Chernobyl’: Experts say Chinese disinformation aims to distract world from coronavirus failures

Jerry Dunleavy · April 23, 2020 10:41 pm

FILE- In this file photo taken on April 3, 2006, members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard attend maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. Iran will target American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf should a war between the two countries ever break out, the naval chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Tuesday as the country completes work on a large-scale mock-up of a U.S. carrier. (AP Photo/IRNA, File)

Beltway Confidential

Why Trump needed to issue his Navy order on Iran

Tom Rogan · April 23, 2020 6:37 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, arrives at a graduation ceremony of the Revolutionary Guard's officers, while deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, second right, former commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Mohsen Rezaei, second left, and Yahya Rahim Safavi salute him in Tehran, Iran. Iran's supreme leader vowed Wednesday he will not allow international inspection of Iran's military sites or access to Iranian scientists under any nuclear agreement with world powers.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief vows to ‘destroy’ US warships that ‘threaten’ country’s security

Anthony Leonardi · April 23, 2020 12:33 pm

Rep. Bryan Steil: Don’t take our eyes off Iran

Rep. Bryan Steil · April 23, 2020 4:00 am

National Security

‘Crystal clear’ guidance from Trump tweet encouraging attack on Iranian vessels

Abraham Mahshie · April 22, 2020 5:56 pm

A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems.

Beltway Confidential

Iran’s Nur satellite is a de facto ballistic missile test

Tom Rogan · April 22, 2020 5:40 pm

National Security

Trump orders Navy to ‘destroy’ Iranian boats ‘harassing’ US ships in warning over provocative maneuvers

Caitlin Yilek · April 22, 2020 12:37 pm

National Security

Iran says it launched its first military satellite into orbit

Caitlin Yilek · April 22, 2020 11:50 am

Iran saber-rattling in the Persian Gulf despite coronavirus woes

Joel Gehrke · April 22, 2020 4:00 am

FILE-- In this July 2, 2012 file photo, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in background.

Beltway Confidential

Iran will lash out over oil price collapse

Tom Rogan · April 21, 2020 6:59 pm

Beltway Confidential

Now is not the time for another war in the Middle East

Dan Caldwell · April 16, 2020 6:30 pm