Zarif’s resignation likely a strategic move to deflect Iran deal criticism
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani formally rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad ...
Mohammad Javad Zarif
German President Lauds Iran on Revolution that Seeks Israel’s Destruction
The congratulatory note to a regime that seeks the destruction of the Jewish state and the United States of America has raised eyebrows and unleashed criticism on social media.
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Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality
A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.
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As Iran’s missile program expands, so do challenges of confrontation
At the Munich Security Conference last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ...
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Tehran Counts on a Divided West
The Trump administration must persuade Democrats and foreign allies to counter the regime’s aggression.
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‘America is not the enemy, the enemy is right here’
Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian parliament, has described the United States as a “threat to the entire world.” But his daughter Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is safe in Ohio, where she recently c...
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Imagining the Islamic Republic
Last week, the European Union issued a statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear weapons deal concluded with Iran’s rulers, from which President Trump withdrew three...
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Oman Offers to Mediate between the U.S. and Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed Wednesday that Oman, along wi...
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The Preeminent Challenge
The biggest foreign-policy challenge before Donald Trump isn’t North Korea, where the usual pattern of diplomacy and deception persists. Nor is it Russia; it doesn’t have the mus...
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UN Appoints New Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday appointed Javaid Rehman, a British-Pakistani...
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Canada’s Parliament Rejects Diplomatic Relations with Iran
Liberal MPs from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party joined conservative lawmakers in the House of Commons last week to vote against the re-establishment of diplomatic relations...
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It’s Come Undone
Since the parameters of the Iranian nuclear accord became apparent in 2014 until Donald Trump canceled the deal on May 8, Washington essentially divided into three camps: those who supported the...
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Full Comment: Iran lied to get a deal that we can’t enforce anyway
Israel has just pulled off a spectacular covert mission to extract from a warehouse in southern Tehran 55,000 pages and 183 CDs of secret Iranian files detailing that country’s nuclear prog...
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The Nuclear Deal Makes America Complicit in Iranian Crimes
The fundamental question when discussing a nuclear deal with Tehran is this: Are you prepared to fight over it? If not, then any deal is a good deal. This willingness to go to the mat also affect...
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The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd
It was surely Barack Obama’s profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled his nuclear diplomacy and made his atomic accord with Iran the worst arms-control agre...
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Iran spreads lies claiming America supports terrorists after US-led attack on Syria
Iran has been filling the airwaves and the Internet with anti-American lies, slander and ridiculous conspiracy theories since the U.S., Britain and France launched missile strikes on Syria April...
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Fear of US Sanctions Ends German Companies Fueling Iranian FM’s Plane
Energy and oil companies refused to refuel Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s airplane ahead of his trip to the Munich Security Conference in mid-February to avoid violations of US sanc...
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Iran’s relationship with Qatar could be polarizing
Tensions between the Gulf states and Qatar developed into an outright feud last June as a result of Qatar’s drift toward Iran, which led the Saudis and their partners to impose a boycott an...
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AJC Calls for Berlin to Expel Iranian Ambassador for Spying on Israel
The Berlin office of the American Jewish Committee urged Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to expel Iran’s ambassador because of his country’s alleged spying on Israel&rsq...
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At Least Five Iranian Protesters Die in Regime Prisons
At least five Iranians arrested during the ongoing protests have reportedly died in the regime’s n...