The U.N. Security Council’s president on Tuesday attemped to dismiss a U.S. move to “snapback” all U.N. sanctions on Iran — a denial that led a furious U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft to accuse the …
U.N. Won’t Act on U.S. Effort to ‘Snapback’ Iran Sanctions, Citing Opposition From Security Council Members
The U.N. Security Council won’t act on a U.S. bid to reimpose multilateral sanctions against Iran, after its members decided the U.S. lacks standing to do so after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear …
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The chief US negotiator for the Iran deal explains why Trump ‘has no standing’ to snap back sanctions
Trump left the Iran deal “loudly saying” the US was no longer a participant, so it can’t now snap back multilateral sanctions, Wendy Sherman says.
Hezbollah’s genocidal chemicals ignite Lebanon
Hezbollah is known to use the Port of Beirut to receive weapons from Iran and to ship explosives to terrorist cells throughout the world.
Israel Releases Spy Satellite Images Of Syria’s Palmyra
Israel on Tuesday unveiled detailed images taken by a new reconnaissance satellite over the Roman ruins of Palmyra in neighbouring Syria, an Iranian ally regularly targeted by Israeli air strikes. The …
Israel tells UK and EU to drop ‘absurd’ backing for Iran nuclear deal
Netanyahu puts Dominic Raab under pressure over UK refusal to abandon nuclear agreement …
The US Cannot Afford to Risk Another Endless War by Exerting Max Pressure on Iran
The reality is that Iran, at best, is a middling power with an aging military checked by other regional powers.
Oil Crisis Forces Iraq To Ask Washington For Help
Former senior intelligence operative and now Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, spent last week in Washington trying to maintain his exceptionally dangerous balancing act between Iran and the U …
The UK is delaying a deal with Iran to release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe because they’re afraid of angering Trump, say her lawyers
Ratcliffe have accused the UK government of avoiding paying debts that would secure her release.