President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a major Iranian foundation and the country’s intelligence minister, further stepping up pressure before Joe Biden is sworn in.
US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions, targets Khamenei-linked foundation
The United States on Wednesday imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting Iran, blacklisting a foundation controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and taking aim at what Washington called …
Pompeo and Bahraini Minister Visit Israel After Strikes on Iranian Forces in Syria
Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes in Syria hours before a meeting in Jerusalem with the Bahraini foreign minister and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Israel strikes Syria, killing 3 troops, after finding bombs
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck Iran-linked targets in Syria overnight after troops uncovered roadside bombs along the frontier in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said …
After Trump, what will Biden do about Iran?
The complex web of US sanctions imposed over the past two years gives Mr Biden plenty of possible leverage, should he choose to use it. So far he’s talked only in terms of Iran upholding its existing …
US hits Iran with new sanctions as Pompeo defends strategy
The United States is hitting Iran with new sanctions as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes the case that undoing the actions of the Trump administration would be foolish and dangerous …
Biden will move US closer to 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, experts say
Foreign policy experts and those close to President-elect Joe Biden believe he will move the U.S. closer to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, but that it will be no easy task.
IAEA and U.S. Pressure Iran Over Uranium Particles at ‘Atomic Warehouse’
The U.N. nuclear watchdog and the United States pressured Iran on Wednesday to finally explain the origin of uranium particles found almost two years ago at an old but undeclared site that Israel has …
U.S. imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions, targets Khamenei-linked foundation: website
The United States on Wednesday imposed Iran-related sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s website, in Washington’s latest action to increase …
Trump Reportedly Asked for Options to Attack Iran But Was Talked Out of It
President Donald Trump has decided, for now, not to attack Iran after asking his top advisers for military options to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program, according to the New York Times. Trump …