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 …
Trump Sets Up U.N. Battle with Russia, China Over Widely Dismissed Iran Demand
President Donald Trump seeks a “snapback” of international sanctions against Iran but Russia and China oppose the idea and even U.S. allies aren’t on board.
Pompeo says he’ll go to UN “soon” to push for snapback sanctions on Iran
Despite the failed US effort to extend the Iran arms embargo last week and the … effect — a range of penalties that cover oil sales, financial transactions as well as arms sales, and would …
Hizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes
Yet this week the Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up by the UN to try in absentia four members of Hizbollah, the Iran-backed and Syria-allied paramilitary movement implicated in the killing, …
Global report: Iran surpasses 20,000 official deaths from Covid-19
Experts fear true death toll in Islamic Republic is significantly higher than official figures …
US readies controversial Iran sanctions ‘snapback’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the US would “soon” activate a controversial mechanism aimed at reimposing UN sanctions on Iran, despite opposition from its European allies.
US hits UAE-based aviation firms with sanctions over Iran
The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on two aviation companies in the United Arab Emirates over their work for an Iranian airline …
UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discrete talks | Charlotte Observer
small business and energy/environment. At the summit, diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain spoke of the threat Iran posed to their security and its use of Shiite proxies in Iraq, Syria, …
Coronavirus: Iran’s death toll goes past 20,000
Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 20,000 with 153 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the country’s health ministry. Iran is one of the worst-hit countries from the …