Tag: Iran

Shiite tribal fighters carry a poster of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as they raise their weapons chanting slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP/Nabil Al-Jurani)

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s media foray

Austin Bay · June 18, 2014 2:41 pm

European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton waits for the start of closed-door nuclear talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

National Security

Huge US-Iran gap on nukes as target date nears

George Jahn · June 17, 2014 1:54 pm

Demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al Qaeda flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo)

We need a policy to fight Islamic extremism that works

Cal Thomas · June 16, 2014 8:43 pm

People hold posters showing Iran's spiritual leaders Ayatollah Khomeini, while Iraqi Shiite fighters deploy with their weapons in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. (AP/Nabil Al-Jurani)

Beltway Confidential

If fighting in Iraq isn’t a ‘military challenge,’ why is Iran sending its Revolutionary Guard?

Spencer Brown · June 16, 2014 8:16 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, talks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 18, 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The foreign policy issue that split John McCain and Lindsey Graham

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 5:59 pm

Kerry: ‘We Have the Security We Need for Our Embassy’

Kerry: ‘We Have the Security We Need for Our Embassy’

Daniel Halper · June 16, 2014 4:22 pm

Pentagon Orders Amphibious Transport Dock Ship to Gulf

Pentagon Orders Amphibious Transport Dock Ship to Gulf

Daniel Halper · June 16, 2014 3:48 pm

Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy with their weapons while chanting slogans against the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), to help the military, which defends the capital in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq, Friday. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

National Security

John Kerry says U.S. open to working with Iran to assist Iraq

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 1:52 pm

FILE - This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. With Baghdad threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, the State Department is reinforcing security at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's capital _ and sending some personnel out of town. Kerry made calls to foreign ministers in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss the threat and the need for Iraqi leaders to work together. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Kerry: US open to talks with Iran over Iraq

Matthew Lee · June 16, 2014 12:43 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will not be rebuilt even if Iran and world powers fail to reach a final nuclear deal by a July 20 deadline. Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany reached an interim deal in November that limited Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s president: Ready to help Iraq if asked

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · June 14, 2014 3:30 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will not be rebuilt even if Iran and world powers fail to reach a final nuclear deal by a July 20 deadline. Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany reached an interim deal in November that limited Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says no return to past if nuclear talks fail

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · June 14, 2014 10:51 am

A group supporting the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows a militant standing in front of a burning Iraqi Army Humvee in Tikrit, Iraq. The al-Qaida-inspired group that led the charge in capturing two key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq this week has vowed to march on to Baghdad, raising fears about the Shiite-led governmentâs ability to slow the assault following lightening gains. Fighters from ISIL on Wednesday took Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts and yielded ground once controlled by U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Iraqi0Revolution via AP video)

National Security

Obama says U.S. may help try to stabilize Iraq

Susan Crabtree · June 13, 2014 5:07 pm