Iran’s top diplomat fires back at Republican senator’s ‘macho personal smear’ on Twitter
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif did not take kindly to Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-Arkansas) aggressive tweets challenging him to a debate. On…
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G.O.P. senator, Bob Corker, is key player in Iran accord
WASHINGTON — While negotiators toiled late into the night in Switzerland, scratching together a nuclear agreement with Iran, Senator Bob Corker was conducting…
Opponents of Iran deal received millions from pro-Israel donors: Report
Republican opponents of a framework agreement with Iran received millions in campaign donations in 2014 from pro-Israel billionaires and other influential American donors,…
Congress’ letter to Obama shows interest in reaching Iran deal -White House
White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said that the letter from 367 US Congressmen to President Barack Obama regarding their concerns over the…
GOP Congress plans to cut funding for Iran talks
Tehran, March 22, IRNA — Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are pushing to cut all US funding for activities related to…
Obama showing more respect for Iran than Israel, Rubio says
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is joining a slew of Republican lawmakers who criticized President Obama for not congratulating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Iran looms as major US election issue for 2016
WASHINGTON—No matter what happens with the negotiations over curbing Iran’s nuclear program, count on the issue being front and center during next…
Congress organizing to kill an Obama Iran deal, despite chief of staff’s plea
McDonough warned Congress against taking on the power to approve or disapprove the Iran agreement should one be reached. Senate Republicans are…
The real story behind the Republicans’ Iran letter
The “open letter” from Senator Tom Cotton and 46 other Republican senators to the leadership of Iran, which even Republicans themselves admit was aimed…
Republican letter to Iran was written by US neoconservative William Kristol
A letter by Republican senators warning Iran about a nuclear deal with President Barack Obama was a neoconservative plan to undermine a…
Tom Cotton invokes Adolf Hitler in maiden US Senate speech
US Senator Tom Cotton has slammed Washington for not significantly increasing the US military spending to confront an increasingly “dangerous” world that…
Iran offers to ‘reward’ US oil companies
The US oil companies taking position against Republican senators who recently wrote a letter warning Iran against a nuclear deal with the…
Nuclear talks with Iran clouded by GOP letter
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The United States and Iran on Tuesday resumed talks that have become clouded by the warnings from Senate Republicans that…
Democrats breaking with Obama on Iran deal: Report
Tehran, March 16, IRNA — Several Democratic senators are breaking with the Obama administration on diplomacy with Iran, expressing their support for…
Official: Iran confronts US at nuke talks over GOP letter
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators who warned that any…
Iran’s speaker terms US senators’ move “naive”
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the measure by a group of US Republican senators to send a letter…
Netanyahu is but a bystander in the battle over Iran between Obama and Congress
The Republicans’ letter to Iran smoked out the mullahs’ real game plan for trapping the United States – as well as Obama’s…
Tom Cotton seems confused about the basic geography of Iran
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stood by his decision Sunday to send a letter on a burgeoning nuclear deal directly to Iranian leaders. He insisted…
What if there’s no Iran deal?
Washington (CNN)No deal is better than a bad deal, say critics of President Barack Obama’s nuclear talks with Iran. But what if…
Senator who spearheaded letter to Iran got $1 million from Kristol’s ‘Emergency C’tee for Israel’
The U.S. media have been sadly incurious about the origins of yesterday’s unprecedented Open Letter of 47 Republicans to the Iranian leadership seeking to…
Israel has ‘true puppets in US Senate’: Analyst
American Republican senators who “put together a really ridiculous position” by writing a letter to Iran are true puppets of the Zionist…
Tom Cotton: ‘No regrets at all’ over letter to Iran
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he had “no regrets at all” over…
Senior foreign policy official: US Republicans forced to admit Iran’s power
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran’s Strategic Foreign Relations Council Seyed Kamal Kharrazi underlined that not only the current US administration, but also…
American senators proved mistrust of US justified: Speaker
Tehran, March 15, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said the recent act of the American senators proved that Iran’s lack of…
White House warns Republican Senators legislation could hurt Iran talks
(Reuters) – The White House warned Republican Senators on Saturday that legislation requiring that Congress approve any deal reached with Iran over…
Iran’s coverage: Kerry says unclear whether interim Iran deal within reach
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Kerry: ‘Important gaps’ standing way of Iran nuclear deal U.S. Secretary of…
Kerry says Congress can’t change Iran nuclear deal
The US Secretary of State has blasted an open letter to Iran by Republican senators as “incorrect”, saying Congress cannot revoke a…
How a freshman senator is putting his mark on Iran nuclear talks
The leader or Iran and Secretary of State John Kerry found one thing in common Thursday: both condemned the letter 47 Republican…
GOP says Obama ignores Iranian expansion to get nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans critical of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks contend President Barack Obama is so keen for a deal that he is…
Now House writes Iran letter to Obama on Iran
A bipartisan majority of House lawmakers have written a letter to President Obama backing up the letter 47 GOP senators controversially addressed…
How a U.N. Security Council resolution transforms a non-binding agreement with Iran into a binding obligation under International law (Without any new senatorial or congressional vote)
It is now clear that any deal with Iran will by its terms be a non-binding agreement. That means the United States will have no…