Tag: Iran

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march during a military parade commemorating the start of the Iraq-Iran war 32 years ago, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran. (AP File)

Iran and Obama’s ‘Lie of the Year’

Melanie Sturm · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

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Michael Ramirez · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks to the media about the deal that has been reached between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief, at the International Conference Centre of Geneva, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Congress is taking the lead on tougher sanctions for Iran

Michael Barone · December 22, 2013 5:00 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani smiles during a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at Tehran's Saadabad Palace in Iran on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Obama rejects congressional calls for more sanctions on Iran

Bloomberg News · December 21, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, shown here TuesdayÃÂ in Manila, Philippines, does not support additional sanctions against Iran for the time being. (AP Photo/Noel Celis, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

White House: Obama would veto bill that sanctions Iran if it violates nuclear deal

Joel Gehrke · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

ECI: Obama ‘Harsher’ to Members of Congress than Iran

ECI: Obama ‘Harsher’ to Members of Congress than Iran

Daniel Halper · December 19, 2013 10:14 pm

We’re All Hardliners Now

Lee Smith · December 19, 2013 9:14 pm

"It is very important to refrain from taking an action that would potentially disrupt the opportunity for a diplomatic resolution," said press secretary Jay Carney. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House warns Senate against Iran sanctions bill

Meghashyam Mali · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Elie Wiesel: ‘Iran Must Not Be Allowed to Remain Nuclear’

Daniel Halper · December 18, 2013 9:42 pm

U.S. Senator John McCain gestures while speaking to Pro-European Union activists gathered during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Beltway Confidential

John McCain sours on American spies as lies to Congress add up

Joel Gehrke · December 15, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rides a boat through the Mekong River Delta Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

John Kerry says US hasn’t abandoned Americans held in Iran

Charles Hoskinson · December 15, 2013 5:00 am

People watch a live TV news program showing that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle Jang Song Thaek, second from right, is escorted by military officers during a trial in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. North Korea said Friday that it had executed Jang as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's No. 2 official. The letters on the left top, read "North Korea Executed Jang Song Thaek after trial." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

John Kerry: Kim Jong Un’s execution of uncle ‘reminds me of Saddam Hussein’

Susan Crabtree · December 15, 2013 5:00 am