The family of a man who went missing in Iran 10 years ago is calling on President Donald Trump to provide answers, The New York Times reports. Robert A. Levinson, private investigator, part-time CIA consultant and former FBI agent, went to Iran in March 2007 on a secret, unauthorized attempt to meet a possible informant on an island of the Iranian coast.
Category: Iran
Iran dismisses new US pressure, calls for ‘mutual respect’
Iran’s foreign minister brushed aside new pressure from the United States on Sunday, declaring that his country is “unmoved by threats” but responds well to respect. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers, under which Tehran agreed to curb its uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions, but hasn’t said what he plans to do about it.
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Donald Trump has promised a foreign policy of muscular retrenchment, in which a better-resourced U.S. military intimidates our enemies without serving as a global cop. More than any president since Richard Nixon, our new commander in chief sees virtue in brutal authoritarians, especially if they are fighting radical Islam.
Next GOP Target: Legal ImmigrantsBy Matt Laslo
Republicans used to say they were against illegal immigrants, not those making their way through the U.S. system in a legal, orderly way. That kinder, gentler rhetoric is now a thing of the past.
Iran tones down anti-Trump messages as it celebrates its revolution
Iran celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution with large nationwide rallies Friday strikingly devoid of one thing: the usual full-throated denunciations of the United States. Amid rising tensions between Iran and the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office, many observers expected Iran to use the annual, politically tinged festivities to attack him.
Trump Cabinet pick paid by controversial Iranian exile group
An official in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and at least one of his advisers gave paid speeches to organizations linked to an Iranian exile group that killed Americans before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, ran donation scams and saw its members set themselves on fire over the arrest of their leader. Elaine Chao, confirmed this week as Trump’s transportation secretary, received $50,000 in 2015 for a five-minute speech to the political wing of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, previously called a “cult-like” terrorist group by the State Department.
Iran Carries Out New Missile Tests After Trump Imposes Sanctions
Iran carried out further missile tests during an annual military exercise, a day after President Donald Trump imposed fresh sanctions on a raft of individuals and companies in response to the country test-firing a ballistic rocket last week. The country successfully tested a range of land-to-land missiles and radar systems during the drills in a 35,000 square-kilometer stretch of desert in the northern Iranian province of Semnan, the semi-official Tasnim agency reported Saturday, citing Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ aerospace division.
AP source: US preparing new Iran sanctions over missile test
The Trump administration is preparing to levy new sanctions on Iran, U.S. officials say, in the first punitive action since the White House put Iran “on notice” after it test-fired a ballistic missile. Up to two dozen Iranian individuals, companies and possibly government agencies could be penalized as part of the move, expected as early as Friday, said the officials and others with knowledge of the decision.
Flynn puts Iran ‘on notice’ over missile launch as Trump team adopts aggressive posture
The White House put Iran “on notice” on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, abruptly adopting an aggressive posture toward Tehran that could raise tensions in the region. It was unclear what actions the new Republican administration might take to try to rein in Iran for a missile launch that President Donald Trump and his top aides considered defiance of a nuclear deal negotiated in 2015 by then-Democratic President Barack Obama.
Donald Trump’s ban threatens us all
For the first time in my life, I strangely found myself agreeing with a statement issued by Iran’s foreign ministry. The statement, in response to US President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from travelling to the United States, read: “The US decision to restrict travel for Muslims to the US, even if for a temporary period of three months, is an obvious insult to the Islamic world…Despite the claims of combating terrorism and keeping American people safe, it will be recorded in history as a big gift to extremists and their supporters.”
Response to 2011 deaths of US troops shed light on Trump Pentagon pick
The Iranian-supplied rockets were raining down on Gen. James Mattis’ troops throughout the spring and summer of 2011 with greater and greater intensity.
Iranian Currency Hits Record Low After Trump Election
President-elect Donald Trump is doing more to hinder the terror state of Iran before he even takes office than President Barack Obama managed in eight years. Reuters reports that the value of Iran’s rial has fallen to a record low against the U.S. dollar, in part due to concerns about Iran’s “ability to attract foreign money after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump takes office.”