Tag: U.S.-Iran Tensions
Trump at UN: US sanctions on Iran ‘will be tightened’
In his speech at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump called on the international community to take action against the threat from Iran, which he said...
Report: Pentagon to present military options to retaliate for Iran strike on Saudi oil
The Pentagon will reportedly present U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday military options to retaliate in the aftermath of Iran attacking two Saudi Aramco facilities on Sept. 14.
The options include airstrike targets in Iran,...
Pompeo: ‘US stands with Saudi Arabia and supports its right to defend itself’
Saudi Arabia has the right to defend itself, and Iranian aggression won’t be tolerated, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Thursday after a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“The U.S....
Report: Trump weighs retaliatory action against Iran after Saudi oil-facility attack
The Trump administration is considering numerous options, including a physical strike or cyber attack on Iranian oil facilities or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ assets, to respond against Iran for striking two Saudi Aramco oil...
How far can the West go to entice Iran to talk?
According to press reports, Israel’s government got a scare last week during the G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. If a story broadcast on Israeli television is to be believed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urgently...
Exlusive Interview: America is forcing Iranian regime to ‘behave like a normal country’: Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has had a prolific career, from graduating first in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and serving in the U.S. Army for five years to becoming...
Facing tensions on multiple fronts, is Israel on the verge of an all-out war?
The big news in Israel is not that Iran attemptedto send kamikaze drones into Israeli territory last week or that Israel targeted that terrorist cell in Syria; these are not completely out of the ordinary or even...
Israel, Iran and Trump: Behind the rhetoric
Referring to a Talmudic dictum relating to self-defense, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video clip on Sunday morning, explaining the preemptive strike launched by the Israel Defense Forces in Syria on Saturday night.
“If someone...
Iranian President Rouhani: No meeting with Trump until US sanctions are lifted
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the regime will not meet with the United States until Washington lifts all sanctions against Tehran.
“We will not witness any positive development unless the United States...
Ex-Israeli security official: ‘US-led economic pressure on Iran must continue’
Israel “cannot afford to neglect its fight to change the highly problematic 2015 nuclear deal with Iran,” former Israeli National Security Adviser Jacob Nagel warned on Monday.
Nagel’s remark followed reports that U.S. President Donald Trump...