Tensions with Iran under the Trump administration came to a head after the US withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 and began to reimpose sanctions previously lifted under the nuclear deal. Relations worsened even...
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Iran must halt any planned execution of Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali, who has not been given a fair trial and was forced to confess under torture, two experts advising the UN Human Rights Council said on Wednesday.
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The alarming possibility of a military attack on Iran — a nation that has long been in the sights of war hawks in the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel — was immediately invoked by foreign policy analysts Monday following reports that...
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President-elect Joe Biden will not receive pressure from his European counterparts to rush back into the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Officials from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom told the Journal that their...
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Last week, the US targeted dozens of individuals and entities in a new round of Iran-related sanctions. The sanction regime has been stepped up since 2018, after US President Donald Trump abandoned the JCPOA.
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Four people are going on trial in the Belgian city of Antwerp on Friday.
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Iran’s president has reiterated his hope that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would return America’s Iran policy to where he left things as vice president four years ago, rejoining Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers
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US sanctions imposed on Iran were meant to shake the country's economy and apply maximum pressure on Tehran, claims an Israeli expert. And given that they have been effective in achieving that goal, doubts run high as to whether they will be lifted...
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Sebastien Roblin
Security,
The Iranian military has long planned for a defensive naval war in the Persian Gulf, in which it would leverage its large fleet of fast attack boats toting antiship missiles to launch swarming hit-and-run attacks on...
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The future of the United States depends on our ability to meet the military challenges coming from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran in this turbulent 21st century.
According to The Heritage Foundation’s recently published 2021 Index of U.S....
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The mullahs know the heat is off and help is on its way from Washington. And as for Iran’s protestations that all its nuclear activities are peaceful, find out about its real intentions and why the Iranian nuclear deal that will soon be back...
Iran committed to reducing the scope of its nuclear activities under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed in 2015. After President Trump withdrew the US from the deal in 2018, Iran scaled back on its commitments under the JCPOA by...
Rupert Stone
Security, Middle East
Political ties between Iran and Pakistan are warm, but their relationship has grossly underperformed in the economic and security domains.
Shortly after Joe Biden’s win in the U.S. presidential election,...
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Islamic Republic of Iran: Convert from Islam to Christianity gets 80 lashes for drinking communion wine
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Just appalling–and it could be even worse. And it probably *will* get worse for Zaman Fadaei...
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Iranian forces continue to expand their military presence in parts of eastern Syria, a move, analysts say, that could undermine U.S.-led efforts in the fight against the remnants of the Islamic State (IS) terror group. Iran, a major backer of...
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Paul R. Pillar
Security, Middle East
Far from getting any closer to a “better deal” on nuclear issues, Iran has expanded its nuclear activity to the point that it has stockpiled twelve times the amount of enriched uranium it had under the...
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Jake Johnson, staff writer"It is extremely alarming that the warmongers most reliant on Trump's blank checks are secretly meeting in the middle of the night as the clock nearly runs out on the Trump administration."
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Seth J. Frantzman
Security, Middle East
Israel is trying to make sure that Iran never gains a strong and permanent formal foothold in Syria.
Israel just sent a message to Iran that its entrenchment is unacceptable in Syria. Israel launched...
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Zaman Fadaei could have been executed, as he is a convert from Islam, and the death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not...
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According to multiple reports, including that of the Washington Examiner's Naomi Lim, later on Monday, President-elect Joe Biden will announce that Jake Sullivan will serve as his national security...
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