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…
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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…
3 signs the ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran isn’t working
RT | Darius Shahtahmasebi: The US’ so-called “maximum pressure” campaign targeting Tehran is certainly having a lasting effect on the people of…
Iranian students set to start at US universities are barred from country
The New York Times | Karen Zraick: The students, who were mostly headed to schools in the University of California system, had…
Trump’s dual instincts on Iran: Big threats and an eagerness to deal
The Washington Post | Anne Gearan: President Trump has said Iran is the greatest threat in the Middle East, a would-be nuclear power…
France not compliant with US’ policies about Iran: envoy
MNA – In a Tuesday meeting with Iranian Labor Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari, France Ambassador to Iran Philippe Thiébaud said “with no doubt…
US should rethink Middle East policy to avoid war with Iran
Washington Examiner | Daniel DePetris: U.S. foreign policy should be designed with one constituency in mind: the American public. The public expects policymakers…
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’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…
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…