Posts Tagged: US Iran
Trump’s Iran Tariff Threat Risks Reopening China Rift
US President Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25% tariff on countries that trade with Iran risks reopening old wounds with Beijing, Tehran's biggest trading partner. Iran became a flashpoint in US-China ties...
Trump Weighs Response to Iran Crackdown, Tehran Says Communication Open With US
Iran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the US as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, which pose one of the...
Trump Says US Will Intervene if Iran Kills Protesters Amid Regime Crackdown: ‘Locked and Loaded’
US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days into unrest that has...
Iran Appeals to UN Over ‘Tightening Restrictions’ on Its Diplomats in New York
Tehran called on the United Nations to intervene in what it called the "tightening of restrictions on Iran's diplomatic mission to the United Nations in New York," according to a...
US Begins Deporting Hundreds of Iranians After Rare Deal With Tehran
The first group of about 400 Iranians expected to be deported from the US under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown were due to land in Qatar on...
US Lawmakers Push to Ban Iranian Officials From Entering US
Eight US senators led by Republicans Rick Scott (FL) and Ted Cruz (TX) on Thursday introduced legislation that would bar Iranian officials from entering the...
US Lawmakers Urge Trump to Restrict Visas for Iran’s President, Other Regime Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to block or sharply restrict visas for Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and other top...
Iranian Threat to US Homeland Continues to Loom in Wake of 12-Day War, New Report Finds
The prospect of Iran attacking the US homeland remains a serious threat as it maintains many avenues to pursue should the Islamic regime in Tehran...
Why the US-Israel Alliance Is More Vital Than Ever
When the United States unleashed the GBU-57 “bunker buster” on Iran’s fortified nuclear sites during the recent Middle East conflict, it didn’t just send shockwaves...
Russia Says It’s Worried About Threat of New Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities
Russia said on Wednesday it was concerned about the threat of new strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, and that a deal on Tehran's nuclear program could be reached through dialogue. Israel and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June...
After Going to War with Iran, the US Must Keep Up the Pressure to Achieve Its Goals
One of the consolations of an ancient society is that it provides long memories. For authoritarian leaders, that means the ability to patiently nurse old...
Missiles Toward Israel, Aimed at Us All: The Iranian Regime’s War on Freedom
As missiles rain down on Israel, they carry more than explosives --- they carry a message to the free world: the Islamic Republic of Iran...
US Imposes Iran-Related Sanctions on Third China ‘Teapot’ Refinery, Port Terminal
US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on a third Chinese independent, or "teapot" oil refinery and port terminal operators in China for purchases of Iranian oil ahead of an expected fourth round of...
Turkish Bank Appeals Iran Sanctions Decision to US Supreme Court
Turkey's Halkbank asked the US Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling saying it can be prosecuted for allegedly helping Iran evade American sanctions, a US-based lawyer for the bank said on Monday. The Supreme Court had given Halkbank until...
