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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cristian L. Ricardo via Wikimedia Commons.

Can the world wait for Biden to deal with Iran?

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In an election year, everything a president does is fair game for political potshots. So the sniping at the Trump administration’s policy towards Iran from Democrats is to be expected. But do they have...
U.S. President Donald Trump answers a reporter’s question during a press conference on Aug. 5, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House.

Trump vows new Iran deal ‘within four weeks’ if re-elected

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U.S. President Donald Trump vowed that if re-elected in November, there would be a new deal with Iran “within four weeks.” “When we win, we will have a deal within four weeks,” he said in leaked...
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr.

Top foreign-policy adviser says Biden would keep ‘all’ US sanctions on Iran ‘in place’

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If elected president in November, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would have all U.S. sanctions on Iran stay in place, including the ones enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the presumptive...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

EU rejects US attempt to restore UN sanctions on Iran

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European Union Foreign Affairs Minister Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that the United States cannot initiate snapback sanctions at the United Nations against Iran, including extending the world body’s arms embargo on the regime,...
Former U.S. President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement on the Iran nuclear agreement in the East Room of the White House on July 14, 2015. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.

Whatever happened to the Emergency Committee for Israel?

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Ten years ago, it came in with a bang, but this spring, it disbanded without even a whimper. The Emergency Committee for Israel came into existence in 2010 in response to President Barack Obama’s increasingly...
An exchange of Iran's currency the rial. This week Iranian lawmakers approved a measure to switch from the rial to the toman, in a bid to curb inflation. Source: Adam Jones via Flickr.

Hit by coronavirus, drop in oil prices and US sanctions, Iran’s economy heads for...

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With the coronavirus pandemic sending oil prices to record low figures, for Iran, which relies on oil exports as its top revenue source, the economic situation appears bleak. Reflecting the precarious economic situation, Iran’s parliament...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casting his vote in the 2016 elections. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran’s president warns US of ‘crushing response’ if arms embargo is extended

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened the United States in a speech on Wednesday if it decides to extend a U.N. arms embargo that is set to expire in October. Rouhani also criticized America for withdrawing from the...
The foreign ministers of Germany, the United Kingdom, China, the United States, France, Russia, the European Union and Iran meet in Geneva on Nov. 24, 2013 for talks on the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. Source: U.S. Department of State.

The final days of the Iran nuclear deal

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There is a growing chance that by October, the nuclear deal with Iran, otherwise known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will be dead. Under the deal with the United States, China, Russia,...
The U.S. Capitol building. Wikimedia Commons via Martin Falbisoner.

Report: Majority of US House wants Trump, allies to extend UN arms embargo on...

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As many as 90 percent of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to work with U.S. allies in extending the U.N. arms embargo on...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends the Great Conference of Basij members at Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 4 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Will Iran’s continued lies over coronavirus lead to popular unrest or nuclear breakout?

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The Iranian people’s trust in its government is at an all-time low. When Iranian forces shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane in January, the regime lied in an attempt to cover it up. Then,...