Tag: Iran

Iran executed a gay teenager this year after he was of convicted of the rape of another boy as a juvenile, in the first confirmed execution of an offender under the age of 18 in the country, according to a global NGO. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Iran confirms execution of gay teen

Kelly Cohen · August 4, 2016 6:45 pm

Trump Claims News Footage Was a Secret Iran Video

Jenna Lifhits · August 4, 2016 5:54 pm

"Members of Iranian President [Hassan] Rouhani's administration and Rouhani himself have tried to put out the welcome mat for ex-patriots and Iranians and have actively tried to promote business ties and academic and cultural and scientific ties," Amnesty International's Iran country specialist said. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

National Security

Is Iran raising the stakes for releasing American hostages?

Susan Crabtree · August 4, 2016 3:45 pm

National Security

Clinton calls Iran ‘ransom’ story ‘old news’

Becket Adams · August 4, 2016 2:56 am

2015 Flashback: State Claimed No ‘Big Suitcase Full of Cash’ in Iran Deal

Jeryl Bier · August 3, 2016 8:27 pm

—œIt sounds to me like they are once again in a position where they're making the same argument as hardliners in Iran in an effort to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement,—£ Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House: ‘Right-wingers’ in U.S., Iran trying to scuttle nuke deal

Rudy Takala · August 3, 2016 7:45 pm

"There was no linkage between the settlement and the freeing of these Americans," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

State: ‘No linkage’ between $400M payment and freed hostages

Pete Kasperowicz · August 3, 2016 6:41 pm

White House Spokesman Josh Earnest spent much of his daily press briefing defending the payment, saying, "Let me be clear: The United States does not pay ransom." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Did the U.S. give Iran a ransom payment?

Ashe Schow · August 3, 2016 5:27 pm

Cruz once again denounced the nuclear deal with Iran as an "illegitimate" agreement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Cruz: Iran deal ‘a series of bribes and secret agreements’

Joel Gehrke · August 3, 2016 5:19 pm

National Security

WH: $400M cash payment to Iran saved Americans money

Susan Crabtree · August 3, 2016 4:47 pm

"If true, this report confirms our longstanding suspicion that the administration paid a ransom in exchange for Americans unjustly detained in Iran," Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Ryan demands explanation for $400 million payment to Iran

Joel Gehrke · August 3, 2016 4:26 pm

Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton following a report that the Obama administration secretly paid Iran $400 million in cash following the release of four American prisoners. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump on $400m Iran payment: Clinton is ‘incompetent’

Kelly Cohen · August 3, 2016 11:35 am