Memo to Trump: Iran Isn’t North Korea
Trump’s ALL CAPS Twitter threat against Iran – “CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED” – feels like a cut-and-paste job…
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U.S. Officials Warn of Potential Cyber Attacks from Iran
Iranian hackers have laid the groundwork to carry out extensive cyber attacks against private U.S. and European companies, U.S. officials warn, according to NBC News. Although…
Why new US sanctions on Iran won’t work — and might backfire
The Trump administration released more details this week of how it plans to slap sanctions back on Iran. It is an ambitious and aggressive policy…
Iran Tells Trump: Stop Tweeting, It’s Driving Up Oil Prices
The war of words over oil prices continues between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran, and the latest salvo from Iran is for Trump to…
King Salman congratulates Trump ahead of Fourth of July
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz congratulated US President Donald Trump on the anniversary of America’s Independence Day. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the…
Iran’s leader: US pullout from nuclear deal leaves Trump ‘lost in history’
Iran’s supreme leader has said that American objections over the 2015 nuclear deal were a pretext for regime change, vowing that the US was bound to fail…
Syrian opposition praises Donald Trump’s Iran nuclear deal exit
Donald Trump’s decision to break the Iran nuclear deal has won praise from the official Syrian opposition, which said the move represented a real opportunity to remove…
Iran says it can enrich uranium to 20 percent in days
President Hassan Rouhani has declared that Iran’s nuclear industry is advancing at a faster pace, as one of his senior cabinet officials warned the country could ramp…
Trump Freezes Syria Aid Funds, Sends Mixed Messages On Anti-ISIS Strategy
The White House has ordered the State Department to put on hold $200 million in recovery funds to Syria, following President Trump’s remarks last week…
Trump dangles prospect of traveling to Israel when embassy relocates to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON – Under twin clouds of legal investigation, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front Monday, Trump announcing he might…