US freezes military aid to Lebanon
The Wall Street Journal | Jessica Donati: The Trump administration has suspended security assistance to Lebanon, congressional officials said Friday, including more…
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US moves to further isolate Iran from global financial system
The Wall Street Journal | Ian Talley: The Trump administration moved on Friday to further isolate Iran from the global financial system…
US retreat from Syria confirms Iran’ view of Trump administration: US senator
MNA – US Senator Marco Rubio, in his Monday Tweet, named US retreat in Syria ‘a grave mistake’ of Trump administration, which…
Trump’s top sanctions official departing for private sector
Bloomberg – The U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official, Sigal Mandelker, plans to leave the Trump administration after helping to increase the…
Amid tensions with Iran, US shifts Middle East command from Qatar to S Carolina
Press TV – The United States Air Force temporarily shifts its command center from Qatar to South Carolina amid US President Donald…
Iran’s Foreign Minister: ‘Abandon The Illusion’ that Tehran will cave to pressure
NPR | Steve Inskeep, Ashley Westerman: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says his country will not succumb to economic pressure by…
Old grudges, new weapons… is the US on the brink of war with Iran?
The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: For better or worse, America remains the world’s leading military superpower. In Washington last week, a familiar…
The Trump team has already built its case for Iran war
Euronews | Jonathan Allen with NBC News Politics: President Donald Trump may not need Congress to go to war with Iran. That’s the case…
There’s no compelling reason for the US to go to war with Iran — yet
Los Angeles Times | AARON DAVID MILLER AND RICHARD SOKOLSKY: In the last two weeks, the odds of a military conflict between…
New Mexico candidate warns against war
AP — The Latest on New Mexico’s open congressional race in 2020 (all times local): 8:00 p.m. Congressional candidate and former CIA…
Skeptical US allies resist Trump’s new claims of threats from Iran
The New York Times | Helene Cooper and Edward Wong: As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says…
Iran’s UN envoy denies threat against US forces, calling it ‘fake intelligence’
NBC News | Dan De Luce and Andrea Mitchell: The ambassador said the Trump administration’s allegations of warmongering were false, spread by…
Sanctions on Iran are biting, but the goal is elusive
Los Angeles Times | Doyle McManus: President Trump and his aides say the outcome of their confrontation with Iran is already clear:…
US economic terrorism: Bases, goals
Alwaght – The US President Donald Trump recently announced an array of sanctions on a set of countries, particularly Iran. Trump said…
After oil, Washington weighs sanctions on Iran’s other sources of US dollars
The Wall Street Journal | Benoit Faucon and Ian Talley: The Trump administration is considering a more-aggressive enforcement of its economic sanctions…
China, Russia, Iran rise in Latin America as US retreats
The Hill | LAWRENCE J. HAAS: In Latin America, a U.S. retreat that began under President Barack Obama has accelerated under President…
Here’s why the Trump administration’s Iran sanctions strategy won’t work
NPR | Aaron David Miller & Richard Sokolsky: The Trump administration has clear goals for its policy toward Iran: Tehran should accept…
US toughens stance on Iran, ending exemptions from oil sanctions
The Guardian | Julian Borger: The US has announced it will no longer exempt countries from sanctions that aim to impose a…
Iran sanctions decision rewards hedge fund oil bulls: Kemp
Reuters | John Kemp: Hedge fund managers added even more bullish long positions in crude oil and gasoline last week as traders…
Dispute flares among US officials over Trump administration Iran arms control report
Reuters | Jonathan Landay, Arshad Mohammed: A new Trump administration report on international compliance with arms control accords provoked a dispute with U.S.…
Iran says Trump’s ‘ruthless’ policies undermining intl. peace, order
Press TV – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the “ruthless” policies adopted by US President Donald Trump during his term in…
Here’s how the United States can help Iran’s flood recovery
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Over the last two weeks, Iran has been ravaged by unprecedented floods, resulting in over 60…
Trying to kill the Iran deal could end up saving it
The Atlantic | KATHY GILSINAN: Trump administration officials are publicly united on their policy of punishing the Islamic Republic. But cracks are showing…
Iran’s foreign minister grabs Munich Security Conference spotlight, decries US & Israel for warmongering
February 19, The Iran Project – While the US was desperately trying to isolate Iran, during his Munich address, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Pelosi: Trump administration ‘Completely Wrong’ on Iran
Tasnim – Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi described the Trump administration’s general approach toward Iran, including Washington’s withdrawal…
Paris is completing the US puzzle against Iran
MNA | Mohammad Ghaderi: Although the French government insists on showing itself in this equation as an independent actor, the particular insistence of…
The MEK and the bankrupt U.S. policy on Iran
LobeLog | Paul R. Pillar: Among the many indicators of misdirection in the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran, one of the clearest…
Iran and trading partners will find ways to skirt sanctions, analysts say
NPR | Jackie Northam: The Trump administration hopes the sweeping sanctions it has imposed on Iran’s oil, shipping and banking industries will…
Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK
The Guardian | Arron Merat: Mostafa and Robabe Mohammadi came to Albania to rescue their daughter. But in Tirana, the capital, the…
Trump’s policies to bring about death of US, Muslim leader Farrakhan warns
Press TV – Leader of the US-based Nation of Islam Movement Louis Farrakhan has warned that President Donald Trump’s policies may result in…
Iran vows to ‘Break’ sanctions as U.S. reimposes ban on oil
The Wall Street Journal | Asa Fitch in Dubai, Ian Talley and Courtney McBride in Washington: Iran’s leaders lashed out at Washington on Monday as the…
Asian economies grateful for reprieve on Iran oil imports
AP | TONG-HYUNG KIM: Japan, South Korea and other major oil importers welcomed Tuesday the decision by the Trump administration to let…
U.S. lowers the sanctions boom on Iran, again
The Washington Post | Carol Morello: When the United States levies sanctions against most countries, it rarely announces them in advance. Except…
U.S. hesitates over scope of finance sanctions on Iran
The Wall Street Journal | Ian Talley in Abu Dhabi and Laurence Norman in Brussels: The Trump administration, days before imposing sanctions aimed at the…
War by other means
The New York Times | Carol Giacomo: Some American officials appear to hope that resumed sanctions on Iran will lead to a popular…
Official: Trump’ administration lacks capacity for dialogue
FNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi blasted the US government for continuing anti-Iran rhetoric and policies, and said that…
Velayati: Tehran not to negotiate with Trump administration
IRNA – Tehran will have no meetings and talks with those working at the US President Donald Trump’s administration or with any…
U.S. seeks Arab force and funding for Syria
Wall Street Journal | Michael R. Gordon:The Trump administration is seeking to assemble an Arab force to replace the U.S. military contingent…
U.S. government faces critical ‘Brain Drain’ of sanctions experts
Foreign Policy l COLUM LYNCH, ROBBIE GRAMER, DAN DE LUCE: In his first year in office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly promoted international sanctions as…
Worried of financing terrorism, the Trump Admin must take a hard look at relationship with Saudi Arabia
American Herald Tribune | KATE HARVESTON : There appears to be no more quixotic endeavor these days than the pursuit of a…