America can’t escape the Middle East
The Wall Street Journal | Yaroslav Trofimov: The U.S. has sought to pull back from the region after a series of setbacks…
Tag Archives: Barack Obama
New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal ‘to spite Obama’
BBC – Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s…
Trump, Obama and Congress will all be to blame for what happens with Iran
The Washington Post | George F. Will: Difficulties with Iran will recur regularly, like the oscillations of a sine wave, and the…
‘Attack Iran to get reelected’: Twitter discovers Trump ‘warned’ of Iran conflict plot – but Obama’s
RT – As tensions ratchet up between Washington and Tehran, the internet is taking a moment to appreciate the irony of some…
Trump has undone the years of progress in US-Iran relations achieved under Obama
blogs.lse.ac.uk |Hossein Mousavian: Three years ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran had met its nuclear related commitments under…
Pompeo speech fails to make waves in Iranian media
Al-Monitor – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered his much-anticipated Cairo speech on Jan. 9. The speech, delivered at the…
Intelligence minister rejects claims of US granting citizenship to Iranian officials
FNA – Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alavi refuted US President Donald Trump’s claim that the Obama administration had sweetened the 2015…
President Trump’s claim that Democrats gave Iran $150 billion
The Washington Post | Glenn Kessler: “The Democrats and President Obama gave Iran 150 Billion Dollars and got nothing, but they can’t…
Trump makes repetitious false claims regarding Iran
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has lied again about Iran in an effort to trick the Democrat-led House of Representatives to…
Who is to blame for death and destruction in Yemen?
FNA – Washington – during both the Obama and Trump administrations – has been a co-belligerent with Saudi Arabia and the United…
Explosive devices sent to Obama, Clinton: US Secret Service
Press TV – The US Secret Service has intercepted “potential explosive devices” that were sent to former US President Barack Obama and…
Civil Defense Chief: Obama first president acknowledging responsibility for cyber attack against Iran
FNA – Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali said that former US President Barack Obama was the first-ever…
Iran oil buyers craving Obama’s waivers get Trump shock instead
Bloomberg | Heesu Lee and Debjit Chakraborty: Oil buyers who viewed Obama-era policies as precedent for U.S. sanctions on Iran are getting a rude…
US Iran deal pullout was about ‘Trump wanting to destroy Obama’s legacy’ – Prof
Sputnik – Participants of the Iranian nuclear deal have confirmed their commitment to the deal. Speaking after a meeting in Vienna on…
‘A serious mistake’: Read Barack Obama’s statement on president Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal
CNBC – Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal. The Joint Comprehensive Plan…
Trump believes Obama’s hesitation on Syria led to Russian, Iranian engagement
Sputnik News– Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Syrian forces have completely defeated Daesh on both banks of the…
Trump’s policies similar to Obama’s: lavrov
MNA –Russian foreign minister says there is little difference between policies of Trump and Obama. The actions of US President Donald Trump’s…
There’s no spirit, there’s deal, and Iran is compliant with it: Former Obama official
Press TV – A former senior aide to ex-US President Barack Obama has rejected the narrative by current American administration officials that…
Obama hands scramble to save Iran deal
Politico | NAHAL TOOSI: As President Donald Trump threatens to blow up the Iran nuclear deal, Obama administration alumni are mobilizing to defend…
US-Iran tensions over nuclear pact cause alarm in Europe
IRNA – With the war of words between Iran and the United States taking on an increasingly bellicose tone, there is increasing…
Why Obama’s Iran nuclear deal will live on
The National Interest | Farhad Rezaei : On July 14, 2015, Iran signed the historic Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement…
Obama’s gift to Trump: A lasting deal on Iran’s nuclear program
CNN | Jen Psaki: The airwaves and above-the-fold newspaper real estate are understandably focused on the Donald Trump Jr. emails. But Friday…
Russia mulling ‘retaliation’ over US seizure of diplomatic premises, expulsion of diplomats
Press TV – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow may retaliate moves by the United States last year to seize Russian…
Did Obama seek back-channel talks with Iran during his 2008 campaign?
PolitiFact – Amid media reports that President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner sought secret “back-channel” communications with Russia before Trump’s inauguration, some…
US extends Iran nuke sanctions relief, adds other sanctions
AP – The Trump administration said Wednesday it will continue granting nuclear sanctions relief to Iran, keeping the Obama-era nuclear deal intact…
John Kerry among Obama-era officials reuniting to defend Iran nuclear deal from Trump
Independent – Former Secretary of State John Kerry and other top national security experts are backing an organisation aimed at defending the…
House oversight committee launches probe into Iran nuke deal
Sputnik -Members of the Republican-controlled Congress have announced an investigation into whether terms of the 2016 Iran nuclear deal set by the…
Obama changed Washington more than Trump: Poll
Press TV – The results coming out of a new poll in America show that people were optimistic about change at the end of…
“Trump policy on Iran more aggressive than Obama’s”
IFP – A political analyst says the Trump administration has adopted a more aggressive approach toward Iran than Obama’s did. In an…
Iran analyst: Trump’s Nowruz greeting struck ‘different tone’ than those issued by Obama
Algemeiner | Barney Breen-Portnoy: President Donald Trump has taken a tough stance toward the Tehran regime since he took office in January,…
Trump not as flexible as Obama in dealing with Iran
MNA– Former IRGC general and current secretary of the Expediency Council has warned President Rouhani of ‘little dynamism’ to save an economy…
Obama administration made last-ditch attempt to free Americans from Iranian prison
Huffington Post– In the final weeks of Barack Obama’s presidency, administration representatives held secret negotiations with Iranian officials, aimed at securing the…
Senior Advisor to Iranian Speaker: No difference between Obama, Trump
FNA- Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that Tehran sees no difference between an Obama administration and…
Was Obama lost opportunity for Iran-US relations?
Al-Monitor- There is little doubt that now, with a hard-line US president in the White House, Iran’s main rivals for influence in…
Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria was a ‘colossal mistake’ – Former security adviser
Sputnik– Retired General Jim Jones, the first national security adviser to former US president Barack Obama, has fiercely criticized the president’s actions…
Trump proves he does not differ from the Bush-Obama war on Muslims
American Herald Tribune| KIM PETERSEN: Former Ronald Reagan administration official Paul Craig Roberts continues to take aim at the Left. Why this time?…
Obama popular with Europeans, despised by Middle Easterners: Analyst
IFP- In an interview with the Etemad daily, Nasser Hadian weighs in on Obama’s eight years of presidency. He believes Obama was…
Trump wants to weaken Russia’s support for Iran
Times Record News– Doubtless, one of Barack Obama’s most mixed legacies is to be found in the Mideast. Things could be much…
Iranians ponder Obama’s legacy with rise of Trump
Al-Monitor- As Barack Obama left the White House on Jan. 20, transferring power to Donald Trump, assessments were made about his legacy…
Former Iranian official, Pro-Tehran lobbyist hosted at Obama White House dozens of times
Free Beacon– Two high-level Iranian government backers, including a former Islamic Republic official and another accused of lobbying on Tehran’s behalf, were…