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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...
Halkbank branch in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, Albania. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkish bank pleads not guilty to charges of evading Iran sanctions

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Turkish state bank Halkbank pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges of evading U.S. sanctions on Iran. The plea was entered by the company’s lawyer, Robert Cary, in an arraignment conducted by U.S. District...
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,...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the press briefing room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Michael Gross.

Pompeo: Iranian officials stole more than $1 billion in coronavirus assistance

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Iranian officials have stolen more than $1 billion in European assistance to combat the coronavirus pandemic, instead pocketing the funds for themselves, alleges U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Iran has the sixth-most confirmed coronavirus cases with 23,049,...
Large tankers loading at Kharg Island Terminal, offshore in the Persian Gulf. As of 2012, the terminal has handled about 98 percent of Iran’s crude exports. Credit: National Iranian Oil Company via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: US sanctions have strangled at least one-fourth of Iranian oil rigs

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U.S. sanctions have caused at least one-quarter of Iran’s oil rigs to be inactive, according to a Reuters report published on Tuesday. “At least 40 of about 160 oil rigs in Iran remain idle or under repair,” reported...
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, senior White House advisers and senior military personnel, delivers remarks during a national televised address Jan. 8, 2020, responding to the retaliatory missile strikes against U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House.

Can Trump’s Iran policy succeed in the long run?

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The following was delivered in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual Leadership Mission in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2020: Our focus today is on hot spots in the...
High Representative of the European Union Josep Borell, Oct. 7, 2019. Source: European Parliament via Wikimedia Commons.

Top EU diplomat heads to Tehran for nuclear talks

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European Union High Representative Josep Borrell is scheduled to visit Iran on Monday on his first trip since taking office, with the aim of reducing tensions over the country’s nuclear program, according to officials...
The Arak nuclear plant, an Iranian 40-megawatt (thermal) heavy-water reactor. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump administration to renew foreign firms’ waivers for work at Iranian nuclear sites

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The Trump administration is expected to continue allowing Russian, Chinese and European companies to keep operating at Iranian nuclear facilities despite U.S. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, a source familiar with the...
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the death of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3, 2010. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump: US will not lift Iran sanctions for negotiations

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that any negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program would have to be conducted with U.S. sanctions in place. In an apparent response to comments made by Iran’s...
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Bloomberg criticizes Trump’s withdrawal from Iran deal, despite opposition to it

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said that while he opposed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he did...