Posts Tagged: US Iran
Treasury Secretary Lew Champions Obama’s Sanctions Policy to End Iran’s Pursuit of a Nuclear Weapon
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Sunday told the 2014 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., that the objective of the administration of U.S. President...
Iranian Army Commander: U.S. ‘Humiliated’ by Iran
Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, on Wednesday said the U.S. has been "humiliated" by the Islamic Republic,...
Senior Iranian MP: ‘Deception is Part of the U.S. Rulers’s DNA’
After Iran decried the U.S. government's recent tightening of existing sanctions against the country, a senior Iranian MP said American leaders are not to be...
Pew Survey Shows Americans Reject Obama’s Foreign Policy; 6-out-of-10 Believe Iran Can’t Be Trusted
U.S. President Barack Obama scored less than a 40% approval rating for nine of 10 foreign policy issues posed to the American public in a...
Defense Minister Ya’alon Says Israel is Providing Humanitarian Aid to Syrian Villages
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said on Tuesday that Israel is providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population of Syria, sending food and water to...
WashPost: White House Omitting Details About Nuclear Concessions
Jerusalem Post - The White House is omitting key facts about the nuclear deal signed with Iran, which makes a number of important concessions to the...
Russia’s Putin Tells Iran’s Rouhani ‘Real Chance’ to End Nuclear Standoff
Reuters - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday there was a "real chance" to resolve the international standoff over Tehran's...
Iran Agrees to Increased Scrutiny of Nuclear Sites
AP/WSJ - Iran agreed on Monday to allow the United Nations to expand monitoring at the country's nuclear sites, including at a new reactor, state...
U.S., Iran Rapprochement Follows Years of Behind the Scenes Talks
Wall Street Journal - The White House heralded President Barack Obama's phone call with Iranian counterpart Hasan Rouhani earlier this Fall as a foreign-policy milestone born...
‘Death to America’ Concert in Tehran
A concert was held Tuesday on the site of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran where Iranians chanted "Death to America" to mark the anniversary of...
Netanyahu to Kerry: Sanctions Will ‘Get Iran to Fully Dismantle its Nuclear Weapons Program’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in Jerusalem, that with American pressure, continued sanctions will "get Iran...
Former Obama Advisor: Rouhani’s Nuclear Offer No Different Than Ahmadinejad’s
Iran continues to woo the West in talks over concessions vis-a-vis the country's nuclear program. But Gary Samore, President of United Against a Nuclear Iran—which...
Israel, Peace Process Discussed During Meeting Between Lapid and Biden
JTA - Yair Lapid, the Israeli finance minister, met with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials. Lapid, who was in Washington to...
Iranians Call for America’s Downfall, Despite Rouhani’s Outreach to West
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's ameliorative tone with the West hasn't trickled down to the country's citizens quite yet, the Associated Press reported Friday. According to the...
