Tag: Iran

Mike Pompeo and John Kerry are shown.

Pompeo: Trump’s claim that Kerry violated Logan Act is ‘true’

Dominick Mastrangelo · May 23, 2019 4:33 pm

In this Jan. 25, 2018, photo, American troops coordinate with Iraqi counterparts to launch airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. As the fight against IS in Syria grinds on, Iraqi troops stationed in western Iraq near the border continue to call on coalition forces for help sharing intelligence and launching strikes. Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremistsâ rise remain.

Pentagon plan could send 10,000 troops to the Middle East

Julio Rosas · May 22, 2019 11:38 pm

Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi and his father Baquer Namazi have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, according to that country's state-owned judicial news service. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, FIle)

Deter Iran, yes; war with Iran, no

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2019 4:00 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is surrounded by journalists' cellphones on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Classified Iran briefing becomes heated as Trump team clashes with Democrats

Joel Gehrke · May 22, 2019 12:50 am

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on July 27, 2018.

Mattis says diplomacy is key to solving tensions between the US and Iran

Zach Halaschak · May 21, 2019 10:28 pm

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan listens as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington.

National Security

Patrick Shanahan: Iranian threats against America ‘on hold’

Jamie McIntyre · May 21, 2019 3:39 pm

In this May 3, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Navy, An F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA 25 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

Beltway Confidential

3 questions Congress should ask the Trump administration on Iran

Daniel DePetris · May 21, 2019 4:00 am

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony.

US downplays rocket attack amid Iran war fears

Joel Gehrke · May 21, 2019 12:26 am

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is flanked by national security adviser John Bolton, right during a press conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, July 12, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

So maybe Trump and John Bolton aren’t so far apart on Iran after all

Philip Klein · May 20, 2019 2:11 pm

In this July 18, 2017 photo, Shiite Volunteer fighters from the Imam Ali Brigade, an armed faction with the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, train at their camp, in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad earlier this month as tensions were mounting between the U.S. and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you're not going to stand with us, stand aside.

National Security

Rocket fired at US embassy in Iraq the same model used by Iran

Russ Read · May 20, 2019 2:19 am

President Donald Trump, Friday, May 17, 2019, in Washington.

Trump says war would be ‘official end of Iran’

Kelly Jane Torrance · May 19, 2019 8:38 pm

John Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, speaks at an event.

Trump critic and former CIA chief John Brennan to brief Democrats on Iran

Caitlin Yilek · May 19, 2019 7:00 pm