ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that occurred in Iraq on Monday, killing 30 people and wounded 50 others. The attack happened in an outdoor market of Sadr City, a mostly Shia neighborhood located east of Baghdad, CNN reports. Women and children were among those who were killed and injured. The market area […]
An Iran Revolutionary Guard general said America is and always will be an enemy of Iran. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh reecently called out ineffective U.S. foreign policy during a broadcast on Iran’s Noor TV. This comes as the deadline closes in for Joe Biden to restart negotiations on the failed nuclear deal. “If the enemy […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering lifting sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader as part of negotiations aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, a former U.S. official and two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. U.S. and Iranian negotiators have discussed the possible move in indirect talks in Vienna, as part of […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani lamented a series of foreign policy decisions by President Biden while accusing the president of “caving into Iran” on its nuclear program. During an interview with John Catsimatidis on his radio show on WABC 770 AM, Giuliani blasted the Biden administration for lifting sanctions on Iranian companies as […]
The Biden administration plans to resume indirect negotiations with Iran this weekend as part of its efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Wednesday. Sherman made her remarks, which were first reported by Reuters, during a virtual event hosted by the German Marshall Fund, saying that “there’s […]
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said this week that Iran will lose its voting rights in the General Assembly after failing to pay its dues to the multilateral organization’s operating budget. In a letter to General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir, Guterres said that the theocratic regime, along with countries including the Central African Republic and […]
TEHRAN, Iran — President Joe Biden is pursuing the same policy against Iran as his predecessor, the country’s foreign minister said Sunday, two days before Tehran has threatened to restrict U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities. In an interview with the English-language news agency Press TV, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said former President Donald […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday it was ready to hold talks with Iran and other world powers to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program, marking a first step in a possible diplomatic deal that could see Washington re-enter the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. The United States would be prepared to accept an invitation from the […]
Iran and North Korea cooperated on long-range missile development projects last year, according to a confidential United Nations report that may pressure the Biden administration to respond to one of its first major geopolitical crises. “This resumed cooperation is said to have included the transfer of critical parts, with the most recent shipment associated with […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday urged the United States to lift all sanctions if it wants Iran to live up to commitments under its nuclear deal with world powers, state TV reported, his first comments on the matter since U.S. President Joe Biden took office. “If (the U.S.) wants Iran to […]
An Iranian scientist, who American and Israeli intelligence have said led the country’s military nuclear program, was assassinated in an attack on Friday in northern Iran, state media reported. Iranian state media reported that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was believed to be 59, was shot and killed by “armed terrorist elements” while in a vehicle in […]
Twelve days before the Trump administration will decide whether or not to re-certify Iran’s compliance with the Iran deal, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told Congress it’s in America’s national security interest to keep the agreement. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Mattis replied in the affirmative to a question about whether […]
