The Trump administration is set to demand the restoration of all international sanctions on Iran in a move that will further isolate the U.S. at the United Nations, test …
Before ‘Coup 53,’ the US and Iran were old friends
The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and decades of hostility with the U.S. A documentary about the …
Trump Wants to Restore All Iran Nuclear Sanctions
President Donald Trump said he would call on the United Nations Security Council to restore all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, an attempt to kill off the 2015 nuclear agreement and force Tehran …
U.S. Heads to United Nations to Demand ‘Snapback’ of Sanctions Against Iran
Without European support, it is not clear how the United States alone would enforce U.N. sanctions to punish Iran for violating the 2015 nuclear deal that world powers are trying to save.
Trump Pushes UN to Renew Iran Sanctions in Blow to Nuclear Deal
Mark it down, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said at a White House news conference on Wednesday. “We paid a fortune for a failed concept, a failed policy that would have made it …
The End of Jewish Yemen is Imminent
A precarious existence for country’s last 100 Jews Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have ordered at least some of the country’s remaining Jews to leave, …
U.S Companies Unveil Iraq Investments Before Premier’s White House Visit
Five U.S. firms including Chevron Corp signed agreements on Wednesday with the Iraqi government aimed at boosting Iraq’s energy independence from Iran as the Iraqi prime minister prepared to make his …
U.S. will trigger ‘snapback’ mechanism to reimpose Iran sanctions
The U.S. has already reimposed its own punishing sanctions on Iran, including on non-American entities that do business with Tehran — leading to increased tensions that hit a fever pitch earlier this …
Trump says he will demand UN reimpose sanctions on Iran, but the US move may fail
Trump wants the UN to reimpose sanctions that were suspended as part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But the US effort will face stiff opposition.
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Iran’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 20,000; Turkey reports highest daily COVID-19 cases of past 1.5 months
An Iranian boy wearing a face mask chases pigeons on a street in Rasht, Iran, on Aug. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) –Iran’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 20,000; –Turkey reports highest daily …