Tag: Iran

President Trump on Sunday released a deluge of tweets on a range of subjects from the Iran nuclear deal to Russian meddling in the 2016 elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Trump: I’ve ‘never gotten over’ that no one’s investigated money sent to Iran in nuclear deal

Kyle Feldscher · February 18, 2018 12:22 pm

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., acknowledged in a statement that he attended a 2013 dinner meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York to talk about negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has a history of making anti-Semitic remarks, was also in attendance. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Keith Ellison can’t shake questions on 2013 dinner meeting that Louis Farrakhan also attended

Robert King · February 17, 2018 6:01 pm

In this 2014 photo, an Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle at the Tehran oil refinery, south of the capital Tehran, Iran. A report from the the Islamic Republic News Agency mentions that President Hassan Rouhani's administration "only managed to earn $19.44 billion from taxes and $13.06 billion by exporting oil and its byproducts, showing deficits of $7.34 billion and $5.3 billion, respectively." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Energy and Environment

Iran’s oil revenue plummets as US oil exports grow

John Siciliano · February 17, 2018 1:05 am

In this 2016 photo, Pakistani army troops patrol in Rawalpindi. According to a recent Reuters report, Pakistan is now sending its troops abroad to Saudi Arabia to give "training and advice." (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Beltway Confidential

Why Pakistan is sending troops to Saudi Arabia

Tom Rogan · February 16, 2018 7:13 pm

Be under no illusions, the Israelis will keep escalating until Bashar Assad gets the message. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

How Israel intends to defeat Iran in Syria

Tom Rogan · February 16, 2018 6:44 pm

The ruling Thursday marks the second time a federal appeals court has ruled against Trump's third travel ban, which the Trump administration rolled out in September. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Second federal appeals court rules against Trump’s third travel ban

Melissa Quinn · February 15, 2018 4:33 pm

This file image made from video posted on a militant website July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq during his first public appearance. An Iraqi government official claimed on Tuesday that al-Baghdadi was seriously wounded in a recent coalition airstrike. (Militant video via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Where is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and what will happen when he dies?

Tom Rogan · February 13, 2018 4:07 pm

Iran-Israel Clash Marks New Phase of Syrian Conflict

Matthew R.J. Brodsky · February 13, 2018 10:15 am

National Security

Bob Menendez: Rex Tillerson should go to Israel following Iran clash

Joel Gehrke · February 12, 2018 9:52 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu: Airstrikes dealt ‘severe blows’ to Iran, Syria

Associated Press · February 11, 2018 2:06 pm

Israeli security stands around the wreckage of an F-16 that crashed in northern Israel, near the kibbutz of Harduf, on Saturday. The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone it said infiltrated the country early Saturday before launching a "large-scale attack" on at least a dozen Iranian and Syrian targets inside Syria. Responding anti-aircraft fire led to the downing of an Israeli fighter plane. (AP Photo/Rami Slush)

Israel downs Iranian drone, loses F-16 in counterattack

Joel Gehrke · February 10, 2018 2:59 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to lift the state of emergency that has resulted in arrests and dismissal of tens of thousands of government employees, including many scientists and teachers. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Beltway Confidential

The heartbreaking story of Turkey sentencing an American NASA scientist to 7.5 years in prison

Eugene Chudnovsky · February 10, 2018 5:01 am