EU, Iran try to stand ground against Trump’s sanctions
Al-Monitor | Hamed A. Kermani: When Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi announced July 7 that Iran would surpass…
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Trump: US Navy shot down Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz
Press TV – President Donald Trump says that a US ship has shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.…
Trump assigns Rand Paul as Iran liaison, sources tell Politico
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has reportedly assigned Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as a liaison to Iran in a stated…
Iran will never start war, but will defend its soil against aggression: Zarif
Press TV – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran “will never start a war,” but “will defend its territory” against any…
“We’ll see how it goes”
Tehran Times – Withdrawal from the accord on May 8 on the anniversary of the U.S. pullout to have sent a strong…
Oil falls as Iran tensions seen easing
Reuters – Oil prices turned lower on Tuesday, falling more than 3% after U.S. President Donald Trump said progress has been made…
‘Insane’ Trump has created problems for all the world: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that US President Donald Trump and his administration have caused major problems for many…
US lawmakers introduce resolution for re-entry into Iran nuclear deal
MNA – Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives introduced a resolution for US’ re-entry into the Iran nuclear deal, which President…
Trump says not seeking regime change in Iran
Tasnim – US President Donald Trump said his administration is not pursuing a regime change in Iran. “We are not looking for…
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…
Iran is right and the US is wrong in the latest dispute over the nuclear deal
Slate – Thanks to Trump’s violation of the nuclear deal, the U.S is no longer in a position to criticize the Iran…
The UK must stand up to Trump over Iran
The Guardian|Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi – The US is threatening stability in the Middle East. Britain must support the Iran nuclear deal Not for…
US house votes to limit Trump’s use of force against Iran
Tasnim – The US House of representatives voted 251-170 to approve an amendment intended to block President Donald Trump from taking military…
Iran’s currency begins to shrug off Trump’s ‘battle rial’
Bourse & Bazar – Over the last 18 months, the Iranian rial has lost nearly 70 percent of its value, hammered by…
Trump administration may use patriot act to target Iran humanitarian trade
Bourse & Bazar – The Trump administration has imposed successive rounds of economic sanctions targeting nearly all productive sectors of Iran’s economy.…
Trump threatens to ‘substantially’ increase sanctions on Iran
Reuters – President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions on Iran would be increased “substantially” soon, as the U.N. nuclear…
Trump accuses Iran of secretly enriching uranium for a long time
MNA – US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with ‘substantially’ increasing sanctions, claiming that Iran has been secretly enriching uranium for a…
Can Iran deal be saved? If Donald Trump doesn,t want war, his own staff may be his biggest problem, experts say
Newsweek | TOM O’CONNOR: Iran’s latest suspension of certain commitments outlined in a 2015 nuclear deal and the United States’ refusal to…
Bolton and Netanyahu killed 2005 Iran talks, ‘lured’ Trump into shredding 2015 deal – Iranian FM
Russia Today – National Security Adviser John Bolton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scuppered a 2005 nuclear agreement between Iran and…
Trump, Macron discuss Iran’s nuclear program: White House
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron about Iran’s threat to ramp up enrichment of…
Trump wants to talk. Iran isn’t interested.
Politico | NAHAL TOOSI: President Donald Trump wants to sit down with Iranian leaders — but they don’t share his eagerness to…
Iran didn’t ask for this crisis, but it won’t stand for Trump’s bullying
The Guardian | Hossein Mousavian: In May 2018, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which…
Al-Qaeda and Iran: The bond that does not exist
Lobe Log | Nelly Lahoud: As the U.S. government continues to escalate its policy towards Iran, it would be sensible to eliminate…
We’ll destroy Trump like we ended Jimmy Carter: Iran
CCN | Mark Emem: These are uncertain times, but for anyone who has been keenly watching President Donald Trump’s game of chicken…
Trump distorts Rouhani’s words on uranium enrichment
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has distorted remarks by his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, regarding Tehran’s uranium enrichment plans in…
‘We are in a position to do far worse’: Trump warns Iran
Sputnik – In June, US President Donald Trump reportedly called off a military strike against Iran over a downed Global Hawk spy…
US repeats anti-Iran threats: Maximum pressure will continue
Press TV – The administration of US President Donald Trump has issued new threats against Tehran, warning that its pressure campaign against…
Why was G20 summit unsuccessful?
Alwaght – Fourteenth summit of the Group of 20, or G20, opened on Thursday in the Japanese city of Osaka. The gathering…
Trump’s Iran strategy will fail. Here’s why.
The New York Times | Narges Bajoghli: ‘Maximum pressure’ will only strengthen the Revolutionary Guards, which has recast itself as the defender…
Trump meets North Korea’s Kim at DMZ
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has met North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two…
Adviser urges Trump to change behavior toward Iran
Tasnim – Senior adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker for international affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian highlighted US President Donald Trump’s frustration in…
Senate defeats measure to restrain Trump on Iran
Reuters – The U.S. Senate on Friday defeated legislation that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran…
Heavy defeat for US, S. Arabia in G20 meeting
MNA – US President’s meeting with the Saudi crown prince on the sidelines of the G20 meeting illustrated their heavy defeat in…
Iran seen breaking nuclear pact limit in days; Trump says ‘no time pressure’
Reuters – Diplomats said Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement within days but U.S. President Donald…
American attack on Iran would be an unmitigated disaster for US, Iran and world
MNA – A number of thinkers and intellectuals in the world called on US President Donald Trump to stop warmongering and hostile…
War with Iran might be more costly than Trump thinks
Time | Rebecca Collard : When Iranian state television broadcast images of the destroyed U.S. spy drone it shot down over the…
Hezbollah sees US war on Iran as unlikely: report
Reuters – The Iran-backed Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah believes a U.S. war on Iran is unlikely and U.S. President Donald Trump would…
Trump incapable of obliterating Iran unless he plans to use ‘prohibited weapons’: Zarif
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says unless it resorts to using “prohibited weapons,” the United States is not…
Trump says war with Iran ‘wouldn’t last long’ as it won’t involve foot soldiers
Press TV – US President Donald Trump says a war between the United States and Iran will not last long, downplaying warnings…
Pompeo knows the real meaning of “disinformation”
MNA – Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State has turned into a symbol of the failure of US foreign policy and…