Trump’s geopolitical straddle in Iran
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Agenda: Trump must tear up the US nuclear deal with Iran
WITH only days to go before President Trump must decide if he will grant the Iranian regime compliance with the nuclear deal on October 15, the sands of time are rapidly running out for Tehran's fascist rulers. President Trump told a meeting of the United Nations in September that the deal was "an embarrassment" to the United States.
Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges
Trump appears likely to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal , next week. The deal curbs Iran's nuclear enrichment program and prevents it from using the program to do more than create fuel for power plants.
U.K. Concerned by Reports of Iran Missile Test, Johnson Says
Rigs carry ballistic missiles during a military parade in front of former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei's shrine due to the Sacred Defence Week in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 22. U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he is "extremely concerned" by reports that Iran tested a missile, saying the action was inconsistent with United Nations resolutions.
Trump’s ‘hate speech’ you missed
US President Donald Trump leaves the United Nations after his speech in New York. Picture: John Moore/Getty Images/AFP DONALD Trump didn't just take aim at North Korea in his maiden speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
US-EU approach towards Iran: a controversy?
News selected on topics and regions - oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector CONTACT US E-MAIL: sales@trend.az PHONES: + 994 12 437 18 46 Azad Abdulrahimzade: +994 50 669-48-84 Aybeniz Askerova: +994 50 677-42-28 It has long been evident that sanctions could not destroy economical and political foundations of Iran. Isolation policy led to a reverse effect and today Iran looks more powerful.
Renegotiating the Iran nuclear deal is pure fantasy
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a live interview with Iranian National TV broadcast in Tehran on Aug. 29. Philip Gordon is the Mary and David Boies senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was White House coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region from 2013 to 2015.
The Mask Is Off: Trump Is Seeking Pretext for War with Iran
"Trump is committed to finding a way to claim Iran has violated the nuclear accord, regardless of the facts - just as Bush did with Iraq." Something extraordinary has happened in Washington.
AP sources: US seeks to test Iran deal with more inspections
In this May 22, 2017, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference in Tehran, Iran. The Trump administration is pushing for inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites in a bid to test the strength of the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump desperately wants to cancel, senior U.S. officials said.
Iran top judge demands U.S. release assets, jailed Iranians
Iran's top judge called on the United States on Monday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails and billions of dollars in Iranian assets, days after Washington urged Tehran to free three U.S. citizens. The statement by Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani capped a week of heightened rhetoric over the jailing and disappearance of Americans in Iran and new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Alcohol poisoning kills 3 in southern Iran, 48 hospitalized
Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that alcohol poisoning has killed three and left more than 40 people hospitalized in southern Iran. The report quoted a judiciary official in Kerman province, Yadollah Movahed, as saying "48 people are hospitalized, three of them are in critical condition and 30 of them are undergoing dialysis."
The U.S. and Iran are heading toward crisis
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter . Monday was a tough day for President Trump's agenda.
US sanctions more Iranians, but nuclear deal stands for now
The Trump administration slapped 18 Iranian individuals and groups with sanctions Tuesday for aiding the country's non-nuclear weapons programs, in a bid to show that President Donald Trump is staying tough on Iran despite his moves to let the nuclear deal stay in place for now. The latest attempt to clamp down on Iran's military financing ranged from an Iranian-based company that aided the country's drone program to a Turkey-based provider of naval equipment and a China-based network that helped secure electronics for Tehran.
Iranian dissidents rally in France for the overthrow of Irana s theocracy
LE BOURGET , France - Thousands of supporters of a dissident Iranian opposition group rallied here Saturday for the overthrow of Iran 's theocratic government at an event that featured speeches by several Trump administration allies - including Newt Gingrich and Rudolph Giuliani - as well as the former head of Saudi intelligence. The boisterous event, held annually in this town just north of Paris, was organized by the controversial National Council of Resistance of Iran , a France-based group of Iranian exiles that brings dozens of current and former U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials together to speak out in support of regime change in Tehran.
Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles At ISIS In Retaliation For Tehran Attack [VIDEO]
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps , Iran's paramilitary group, launched a series of ballistic missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria on Sunday in an apparent retaliation for the ISIS's earlier attack on the Iranian capital. IRGC forces fired the medium-range, ground-to-ground ballistic missiles from bases in the western Iranian provinces of Kermanshah and Kurdistan, according to Iranian state media outlet Tasnim news.
After The Fall – It’s On
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Senate sanctions to reverse Obama’s ‘Iran first’ policy
The latest confirmation of the Obama administration's support of Iran's terrorist activities was provided to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 8, 2017 by David Asher, who for many years worked with the United States government on counter-terrorist financing-related issues. According to Asher, "[i]n narrow pursuit of the P5+1 agreement, the administration ... systematically disbanded any ... action ... to dismantle Hezb'allah and the Iran 'Action Network' ... [for fear these would] derail the administration's policy agenda focused on Iran.
Senate panel OKs new sanctions on Iran; nuclear deal remains
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 22, 2017. Rouhani, a cleric whose administration struck the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers, decisively won a second term in Friday's election.
Stay the Course With Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani has won re-election as Iran's president in a landslide, meaning that it is he who will be dealing with an antagonistic US President Donald Trump. What will their relationship mean for the 2015 international agreement that has, for now, frozen Iran's nuclear ambitions? The Iranian nuclear deal was the culmination of a decades-long pas de deux between the United States and post-revolutionary Iran - a push and pull, in which every step forward was seemingly followed by a step back.
[Newsmaker] Iran’s Rouhani: Moderate cleric open to world
President Hassan Rouhani, who won re-election on Saturday, has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but still faces opposition from hardliners for trying to rebuild ties with the West. The 68-year-old cleric, almost always clad in his white turban, repeated his convincing 2013 victory by bringing together moderates and reformists with his pledges to end Iran's isolation and improve civil rights at home.