Given the regime’s strategy of nuclear incrementalism, there is no reason to believe Tehran will tone down its regional escalation just to please a new U.S. administration eager for diplomacy.
Sanctions Are Driving Iran and Venezuela Into Each Other’s Arms
Maximum pressure has not destroyed the Iranian economy, and Tehran is now sharing its lessons in resilience with Nicolás Maduro’s beleaguered regime in Caracas.
Showdown set as US to declare UN sanctions on Iran are back
In defiance of overwhelming opposition, the United States is preparing to declare that all international sanctions against Iran have been restored. Few countries believe the …
All-women Band In Iran Struggles To Break Through
The men in the audience clapped and the women ululated as the band finished singing: it would have been commonplace except the venue was in Iran and the group on stage were all women. The catchy …
U.S. plans to enforce U.N. sanctions on Iran with its own action
The United States said on Wednesday it plans to impose sanctions on those who violate a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, which Washington says will now stay in place instead of expiring in October as agreed …
U.S. Threatens Sanctions for Arms Sales to Iran
The Trump administration threatened to impose an array of fresh sanctions to deter China and Russia from selling weapons to Iran, with details to be made public Monday.
New York Judge Blasts U.S. Prosecutors’ Conduct in Iran Sanctions Case
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan said prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan repeatedly violated their disclosure obligations and made misleading statements in their case …
Pompeo on Iran: US will ‘do all the things we need to do’ to reimpose UN sanctions
Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned that the U.S. will “do all the things we need to do” to ensure the snapback of U.N. sanctions on Iran — even as the move appears not to have the support of allies at …
Pompeo says U.S. will do all it needs to ensure Iran sanctions enforced
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would return to the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran next week and would do all it needed to do to make sure those …
Pompeo says U.S. will do all it needs to ensure Iran sanctions enforced
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would return to the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran next week and would do all it needed to do to make sure those …