US looks to maintain pressure on Iran as tensions cool
The Wall Street Journal | Dion Nissenbaum, Benoit Faucon and Felicia Schwartz: With open hostilities between Iran and the U.S. subsiding for…
Tag Archives: US policy toward Iran
The United States’ main allies are abandoning Trump as his threats to world leaders backfire
Business Insider | Adam Bienkov: President Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has exposed a growing rift between…
US angry with Iran’s resistance: Leader
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran’s resistance has made the US angry.…
No, Mr. President, it does really matter
The New York Times – After millions of Iranians turned out to mourn the American assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, it…
Germany’s Heiko Maas criticizes US for Iran strategy
Deutsche Welle – The foreign minister has condemned Washington for its handling of the Iran conflict. Maas has advised following Europe’s footsteps…
The Guardian view on Trump’s folly: racing to war
The Guardian – Next week the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will unveil the current time on its Doomsday Clock, meant to…
The real losers of Trump’s Iran strategy are the long-suffering Iranian middle classes
Euronews | Charlotte Phillips: Looking at Iran today, it’s hard to believe that less than two months ago the streets of cities…
Pompeo says assassination of Soleimani is part of ‘bigger strategy’ to deter US foes
The Guardian – ‘Real deterrence’ strategy – which also apply to Russia and China – is at odds with earlier assertion that…
Juan Williams: Trump replays past mistakes in Iranian crisis
The Hill | Juan Williams: I’ve seen this movie before — and so have you. A Republican administration makes vague claims of…
Donald Trump’s Iran problem
The Newyorker | Robin Wright: The killing of General Qassem Suleimani has undermined the Trump Administration’s top goals in the Islamic Republic. On…
2nd assassination attempt by US creates more tension with Iran
Wtop.com | J.J. Green: Hours before Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed at Baghdad’s airport on Jan. 3, another Iranian military official…
US targeted Iranian official in Yemen in failed strike: sources
Reuters – The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted, but failed to kill, an Iranian military official…
Trump backs away from further military confrontation with Iran
The Guardian | Daniel Strauss and Julian Borger: Donald Trump backed away from further military confrontation with Iran on Wednesday after days…
Killing of Iranian general marks huge gamble by Trump
Los Angeles Times | Tracy Wilkinson, Melissa Etehad, Chris Megerian: In ordering the killing of Gen. Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran’s highest-ranking…
Trump’s Iran policy total failure: Ben Rhodes
MNA – In a tweet message, national security assistant to former US President Barack Obama Ben Rhodes evaluated Trump’s Iran policy ‘a…
Trump says he does not want, nor foresee, war with Iran
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want, or foresee, war with Iran, after he earlier threatened…
More sanctions on Iran are coming in 2020, State Department says
CNBC – State Department officials said Monday that the maximum pressure campaign on Iran will intensify in 2020, as the U.S. seeks…
Trilateral navy drill rejected US policy of Iran’s isolation: British academic
Press TV – The trilateral naval drills in the Indian Ocean send a message to the US administration that Washington’s efforts to…
Iran’s year is a Rorschach test
Foreign Policy | Cameron Abadi: 2019 proved the Trump administration’s Iran policy is either a catastrophic failure—or on the verge of success.…
Sanctions, terrorism, US main strategies against independent countries: Iran’s Shamkhani
Press TV – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says imposing sanctions and fomenting terrorism are two main pillars…
US has no choice but to abandon ‘maximum pressure’: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that US sanctions and pressures on Iran are transient and Washington will soon be forced…
Russian top diplomat warns against treating Iran like US is doing
TASS – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned against treating Teheran the way Washington is trying to do. “Iran cannot be…
US sanctions against Iran are a ‘reckless addiction’: Iran foreign minister
Reuters – U.S. sanctions against Iran are a “reckless addiction” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Sunday.…
Iranian families divided by the Trump travel ban tell of holidays apart and lives on hold
The New York Times | Aidan Gardiner: Readers in the United States with ties to Iran share how they have been affected…
The human impacts of the unilateral sanctions need to be studied and broadcast
ODVV.org | Vijay Prashad: “One should be clear that this is not merely US unilateralism, but the attempted unilateralism of the imperialist…
Iran’s President: US has to reverse course, end sanctions
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced the US maximum pressure on Iran as a lose-lose policy, saying Washington will have to…
Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ strategy against Iran isn’t working (It’s Time For A Change)
The National Interest | Daniel R. DePetris: More than a year and a half since the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against…
Russia: US trying to demonize Iran missile program
Press TV – Russia’s mission to the United Nations says the US continually tries to demonize Iran’s missile activities despite lack of…
Iranian nation once again slapped US in the face: IRGC chief
MNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) lauded the Iranians’ victory in thwarting the enemy’s plot to take advantage…
Sanctions may have fueled Iran protests, but have yet to further US goals
The New York Times | David E. Sanger: President Trump likes to say that Iran is “a different country” after 18 months…
US blames Iran for Gaza flare-up, urges Arab military alliance
Press TV – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that Iran is behind the latest bout of violence triggered by…
Iran has called Trump’s bluff
CNN | Frida Ghitis: The latest news comes from Iran, where the regime has just announced it is injecting uranium into centrifuges…
Trump perfectly shows US’ real, ugly face: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Sun. that Donald Trump’s penchant for disclosing the most covert policies of the White…
Iranians doubtful as US says to facilitate food sales
Press TV – The United States claims it has decided to facilitate sales of food and medicine to Iran which is struggling…
US eases regulations blocking food, medicine sales to Iran
AP — The U.S. is taking steps to ease sales of food and medicine to Iran amid stringent sanctions imposed on the…
America’s Syria exit improves Iran’s fortunes
The Wall Street Journal | Gerald F. Seib: In the tortured history of U.S.-Iranian relations, no American leader has been as intent…
US economic terror fails to halt Iran’s progress: Zarif
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US President Donald Trump’s economic terrorism against Tehran has failed to stop Iranian…
Biden raps Trump’s policy on Iran, warns of ‘accidental’ war
MNA – Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden criticized Trump’s ‘erratic’ approach toward Iran, voicing concern that his would-be competitor President Donald Trump…
Iran envoy: Trust in Int’l treaties eroded by re-imposition of US sanctions
Tasnim – Iran’s ambassador to the Netherlands said the US president’s personal decision to re-impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic after withdrawal…
E3 share same stance with US on JCPOA to weaken Iran: Amir-Abdollahian
MNA – Iranian parliamentary official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Iran has given up hope on Europe to implement JCPOA. Iranian Parliamentary…