Tag: Iran

Don’t fall for Hezbollah’s coronavirus con

Tony Badran and Jonathan Schanzer · March 27, 2020 3:00 am

‘Best dream in the world’: Trump says Iran and China would love if Biden defeated him

Madison Dibble · March 26, 2020 11:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

On Robert Levinson, Obama and Kerry must explain why they left a man behind

Michael Rubin · March 26, 2020 6:13 pm

This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson. Levinson, 64, went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007. Levinson's family received these photographs of him in April 2011. U.S officials suspect the Iranians or its proxies are holding Levinson hostage. (AP Photo/Levinson Family)

Beltway Confidential

Iran must be held to account over Robert Levinson’s death

Tom Rogan · March 26, 2020 5:35 pm

In this March 6, 2012 file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken from the video, released by his kidnappers, and a picture before he was kidnapped, left, displayed during a news conference in Washington. Iran is acknowledging for the first time it has an open case before its Revolutionary Court over the 2007 disappearance of a former FBI agent on an unauthorized CIA mission to the country.
In a filing to the United Nations, Iran said the case over Robert Levinson was "on going," without elaborating. The Associated Press obtained the text of the filing Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019.

FBI agent Robert Levinson dies ‘in Iranian custody,’ family announces

Joel Gehrke · March 25, 2020 10:30 pm

‘Iran may well collapse’ under coronavirus strain, warns top EU diplomat

Joel Gehrke · March 25, 2020 7:16 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why the UN’s call for a global coronavirus ceasefire won’t work

Tom Rogan · March 24, 2020 8:33 pm

Beltway Confidential

Don’t lift Iran sanctions, not even for the coronavirus

Michael Rubin · March 24, 2020 7:45 pm

China’s bungled coronavirus response threatens ‘Belt and Road’ foreign influence initiative

Joel Gehrke · March 24, 2020 4:17 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Washington.

National Security

Pompeo: Iran’s Ali Khamenei cares more about pushing anti-US conspiracy theories than fighting coronavirus

Jerry Dunleavy · March 23, 2020 3:29 pm

Iranian leader rejects ‘strange’ US offer to help fight coronavirus

Jerry Dunleavy · March 22, 2020 5:47 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Presidency, cabinet members wearing face masks and gloves attend their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Iranian Health Ministry says a person dies from coronavirus every 10 minutes in the country

Zach Halaschak · March 21, 2020 2:43 am