News Iran Politics: U.S. slaps sanctions on Iran's foreign minister
The Trump administration said Friday it has imposed financial sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying he carries out the country's "reckless agenda" and acts as an apologist ...
News Iran Politics: Kushner returns to Middle East as Trump envoys accuse Iran of profiting from Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Casting a potential peace package as a way to counter Iran could help sell it within Israel as well, where powerful right-wing political groups oppose concessions to the Palestinians but also welcome ...
News Iran Politics: Iran dismisses 'hypocritical' Pompeo visit offer
Zarif, a relative moderate within Iran's clerically overseen political system, was an architect of the nuclear agreement. The U.S. and Iran cut off all diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic ...
News Iran Politics: US commander says he believes Iran threat still 'very real'
prompting an explosion of questions about what new threats Iran had posed to prompt such a highly unusual White House declaration. McKenzie said the carrier request was his, in consultation with ...
News Iran Politics: US officials say tensions with Iran are easing but they remain 'vigilant'
(CNN)A month after sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East in reaction to intelligence the US claims it had showing Iran was preparing to attack US troops, military tensions appear to be easing ...
News Iran Politics: Explainer: Why is Japan's Abe going to Iran? What can he accomplish?
That still lagged imports from Saudi Arabia, however, long Japan’s main supplier. Japan has at times been caught in the political crossfire between Iran and the United States, with Japan invariably ...
