Trump’s policy towards Iran alienated US from key allies: Sen. Feinstein
MNA – In an interview with Mehr News agency, US Senator Dianne Feinstein said that the unilateral policy of the Trump administration…
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What diplomacy? Here are 36 countries the US has bullied this week
RT – It’s been a busy few days for American diplomacy, with three dozen nations ending up at the receiving end of…
US switched from ‘good/bad cop’ to another tactic: adviser
MNA – Cultural Adviser to the Iranian President Hesamoddin Ashna said that the old ‘good/bad cop’ routine of the United States has…
US measures violate intl. peace, security: senior MP
MNA – Chairman of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, said that adopted measures of the new US administration…
Trump’s incoherence on Iran is off the charts
The Washington Post | Jennifer Rubin: President Trump entered office after promising to tear up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA),…
Russia does not seek US permission to coop. with Iran: Russian amb.
MNA – Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan said that Moscow does not seek US permission to cooperate with Iran. Referring to…
No war in current situation: Iranian former diplomat
ISNA – Iranian former diplomat, Seyed Hossein Mousavian said that the main purpose of the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton and…
The world agrees with Trump on one thing when it comes to Iran
Bourse and Bazaar | Bloomberg: Alan Crawford, Ilya Arkhipov and Gregory Viscusi: Blunt, ignorant and confused are some of the criticisms voiced by…
Sherman says Trump wrong about applying N. Korea approach to Iran
FNA – Former US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman reminded President Donald Trump that his rhetoric of threat against Iran will not…
‘Never threaten an Iranian!’ Zarif fires back at Trump
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has suggested that US President Trump ‘try respect’ when dealing with Iran instead of…
White House 2020 hopefuls turn to foreign policy, slam Trump on Iran
Reuters – Two Democrats with U.S. military experience who are vying for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination shifted the focus of the…
Advisor to Rouhani warns: Don’t be deceived by Trump
ISNA – An advisor to Iran’s President insisted that Iranian people will resist war-or-sanctions dilemma and try hard to stand against all…
What the last war with Iran tells us about the next one
The Daily Beast | Christopher Dickey: The image of a little girl in a crude fiberboard coffin has haunted me for more…
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…
Trump’s artless Iran dealing
Sputnik – President Trump is reportedly waiting for the Iranians to get on the phone and start talking business to resolve the…
To contain Iran, Trump’s newest line in the sand looks a lot like Obama’s
The New York Times | David E. Sanger: Pressed this week to define President Trump’s goals in escalating military and economic pressure…
Trump isolated on Iran as world sees confusion in US strategy
Bloomberg | David Wainer: U.S. allies have rallied to Donald Trump’s side on many of his signature foreign policy initiatives, from North…
Zarif: ‘Israel First’ replacing ‘America First’ in Washington
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the policy of “Israeli first” is beginning to dominate the US ruling system…
How to stop the march to war with Iran
The New York Times | Wendy R. Sherman: Congress, Europe and business leaders can stand in John Bolton’s way. Either the Trump…
US sanctions cut deep, but Iran seems unlikely to budge
The New York Times | Vivian Yee: When Iran’s president on Saturday compared the country’s economic distress under hardening American sanctions to…
60 days to save the JCPOA
LobeLog | Ellie Geranmayeh: The strings holding the Iran nuclear deal together are gradually snapping. Ever since the Trump administration came to…
Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ won’t make Iran yield
The Atlantic | Ali Vaez: The one thing Tehran would find more intolerable than the crushing impact of sanctions is raising the…
Zarif addresses Trump in tweet criticizing Bolton’s policies twoards Iran
MNA – In a tweet on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed the US president Donald Trump censuring the plans…
Fmr. Pentagon official warns media against overhyping possible war with Iran
MNA – Former State Department and Pentagon official, Ilan Goldenberg, has called on media to stop overhyping possible war with Iran, which…
French FM believes world at risk of sliding into anarchy – Report
Sputnik – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian believes that calls for a confrontation of states may lead to international anarchy. “Some…
Trump’s foolish Iran policy only makes war more likely
The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: It is unclear what, if anything, Iran can do to induce the United States and its regional…
The dangers in Trump’s warlike approach to Iran
Euronews | Andrea Mitchell with NBC News World News: As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to be sounding the drums of war against…
US Democrats call against war with Iran
MNA – A number of US Democrats are calling on other senators to sign a bill that would prevent the Trump administration…
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…
Sudden US threat against Iran adds to Middle East volatility
The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: Frustration in Washington at its failing foreign policies could be a factor in growing pressure John Bolton’s…
One year on, Trump’s campaign of “Maximum Pressure” on Iran looks like a failure
Forbes | Dominic Dudley: In May last year, President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and set the U.S.…
Iran UN envoy: US effort to misuse UN resolution 2231 are doomed to failure
MNA – Iran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht-e Ravanchi said on Thursday that US attempt to misuse UNSC Resolution 2231 will go nowhere.…
Can Washington rethink Iran?
The Washington Post | Jason Rezaian: During the Obama administration, critics of the president’s engagement policy with Iran constantly complained that journalists…
What if Trump wants war with Iran and no one trusts him?
Bloomberg | Jonathan Bernstein: It would be difficult for the president to rally a coalition without key national security allies. What happens…
US’ isolation; price of Iran’s oil sanction
IRNA – US rejected the extension of the exemption for major Iranian oil buyers, while the White House is facing grave criticism…
Iran receiving ‘very bad advice’ from Kerry, Trump claims
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has suggested that former Secretary of State John Kerry has provided Iran with “very bad…
The illogic of Trump’s confrontational Iran policy
Iranian Diplomacy | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: US President Donald Trump campaigned as a populist outsider critical of wasteful US wars abroad and,…
Trump slaughtering of Iran’s middle class
Iranian Diplomacy | Giti Pourzaki: Despite US President Donald Trump’s diplomatic gestures and postures, his invasive and radical policies against Iran do…
Pompeo says US won’t seek military intervention in Iran – Reports
Sputnik – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly told a group of Iranian-American community leaders that the Trump administration is not seeking…
Fresh US divide on Iran emerges over expiring nuclear waivers
Bloomberg | Nick Wadhams: A fresh divide is emerging between some Trump administration officials and hard-line opponents of Iran in the Senate…