Tag: Sanctions

This is the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site in New Mexico, July 16, 1945. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

From Hiroshima to Iran

Dan Hannan · August 10, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama stands right as Rep. Eliot Engel greets new Saudi Arabian King,Salman bin Abdul Aziz in a delegation receiving line in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Concerns over an empowered Iran threatens nuclear deal

Charles Hoskinson · August 9, 2015 4:01 am

If the deal passes, by the time the next president takes office, most international sanctions against Iran will have been lifted. (AP photo)

National Security

Reversing Iran deal wouldn’t be easy for next president

Charles Hoskinson · August 7, 2015 4:30 am

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani arrives for an address to the nation after a nuclear agreement was announced in Vienna on July 14. World powers and Iran struck a historic deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Inflating the Iran threat

Justin Logan · August 4, 2015 2:01 pm

The United States toughened sanctions against Russia Thursday. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. tightens sanctions against Russia

Barbara Boland · July 31, 2015 5:46 pm

Sen. Bob Menendez announced Tuesday that he will oppose the Obama administration's proposed Iran nuclear deal. (AP Photo)

National Security

Menendez: Iran letter undermines Obama’s argument on sanctions

Susan Crabtree · July 29, 2015 6:53 pm

Kerry pushed back against concerns about the Iran deal, challenging senators to suggest a realistic alternative. (AP)

National Security

Three elements of the Iran deal that concern lawmakers

Charles Hoskinson · July 25, 2015 4:01 am

"Alarming and unacceptable if true," Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tweeted Monday. "We must get to the bottom of this @ hearing on Thursday."Â (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

National Security

Iran nuclear hearing gets snippy over ‘snapbacks’

Charles Hoskinson · July 23, 2015 5:05 pm

House Speaker John Boehner said the Iran nuclear deal "faces serious skepticism" in the United States. (AP Photo)

Boehner vows to ‘do everything possible’ to block Iran nuclear deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 22, 2015 4:19 pm

Cotton on Iran Deal

Cotton on Iran Deal

Daniel Halper · July 20, 2015 8:54 am

"If you think Iran is going to change their behavior in a decade, I can tell you how unlikely that is because just nine years ago, they were trying to kill me and my soldiers," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said. (AP file)

Sen. Cotton: 9 years ago, Iran was trying to kill me

Susan Crabtree · July 19, 2015 8:10 pm

"Dismantle Iran's nuclear infrastructure for dismantling the sanctions," Benjamin Netanyahu recommended. (Baz Ratner/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu offers simple explanation of what Iran deal should be

Philip Klein · July 19, 2015 5:05 pm