Tag: Iran

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih speaks to reporters during a press conference.

Energy and Environment

Saudi Arabia on Jamal Khashoggi crisis: ‘This incident will pass’

Joel Gehrke · October 22, 2018 9:22 pm

A man reads Yeni Safak newspaper in a cafe with the headline that reads This is how Khashoggi was slaughtered " in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Pro-government newspaper Yeni Safak on Wednesday said it had obtained audio recordings of the alleged killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.

Beltway Confidential

Airstrikes in Yemen, Jamal Khashoggi and the US-Saudi relationship — here’s the history you need

Erin Dunne · October 22, 2018 3:45 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014, file photo, a Bank of America sign is photographed in Philadelphia. A person familiar with the matter says Bank of America has agreed to pay between $16 billion and $17 billion to settle an investigation into its sale of mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Examiner earnings recap: For banks, Fed’s rate hikes not so ‘crazy’

Joe Williams · October 19, 2018 9:40 pm

In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference, in Manama, Bahrain.

Beltway Confidential

Sorry, but Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t matter that much

Tom Rogan · October 18, 2018 6:45 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference.

Beltway Confidential

SWIFT-ly take action against Iran’s mullahs

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2018 6:30 pm

Nasrin Sotoudeh and the Struggle for Human Rights in Iran

Irwin Cotler · October 18, 2018 7:00 am

An Iranian oil worker makes his way through Tehran's oil refinery south of the capital Tehran, Iran.

Energy and Environment

Feds warn Iran sanctions could make it harder to heat homes this winter

John Siciliano · October 17, 2018 10:43 pm

Iranian Arabs who are members of the paramilitary Basij force march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

The Treasury Department lasers in on Iran’s Basij

Tom Rogan · October 17, 2018 12:11 pm

A group of Iranian paramilitary Basij forces, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, shout slogans while attending training in a Guard base in northeastern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 24, 2015. The volunteer Basij force is often used to quell civil unrest and oversea civilian behavior.

Trump administration takes actions to combat Islamic recruitment of child soldiers

Robert Donachie · October 16, 2018 5:02 pm

Trump Admin Facing Pressure to Sanction Iran’s Financial Sector

Jenna Lifhits · October 16, 2018 7:04 am

In this picture released by official website of the office of the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei gestures while speaking during a gathering of thousands of members of the Basij.

Energy and Environment

Iran is jailing environmentalists, fearful that they’ve found pollution from possible nuclear and missile sites

Eugene Chudnovsky · October 16, 2018 4:00 am

Holding a picture of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, Tawakkol Karman, of Yemen the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2011, talks to members of the media near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old veteran journalist who has lived in self-imposed exile in the U.S. since Prince Mohammed's rise to power, disappeared Oct. 2 while on a visit to the consulate to get paperwork done to be married to his Turkish fiancÃ©e.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t punish the UAE and Bahrain for Saudi misdeeds

Michael Rubin · October 15, 2018 7:12 pm