If you want a nuclear Middle East, theres no better way than to let Tehran walk away. In national security policy, you must always be careful what you wish for. Policies with short-term appeal often come with disagreeable longer-term consequences. And that may be exactly what is happening on Capitol Hill as politicians line up against a nuclear ...

[caption id="attachment_152049" align="alignright" width="169"] Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.[/caption] The Iranian parliament speaker said Wednesday that if the US Congress is willing to see its ally on a wheelchair, it can launch military action which would get a crushing response from the Iranian armed forces. In reaction to Netanyahus ...

[caption id="attachment_153321" align="alignright" width="188"] US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman leaves after a meeting on February 22, 2015 in Geneva. Washington and Tehran's top diplomats sat down again on February 23 for talks on Iran's nuclear program as they struggled to narrow gaps ahead of a key deadline. AFP PHOTO ...

The Obama administration is facing mounting skepticism in Congress about the course of nuclear talks with Iran, as even America's top diplomat says he's "agnostic" on whether the highly touted talks can yield an agreement. The United States, other world powers and Iran currently are operating under an interim deal that rolled back sanctions in exchange ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's hopes for a nuclear deal with Iran now depend in part on his ability to keep a lid on both hard-liners on Capitol Hill and anxious allies abroad, including Israel, the Arab Gulf states and even France. Each of the wary parties is guided in some measure by domestic political interests. But they also share ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) Americans have staged a rally in Washington, D.C., protesting against the budget gridlock in Congress that they say has affected every aspect of their lives. Several hundreds of protestors gathered Wednesday in front of the Capitol Hill. The demonstrators were at a protest over funding of the District of Columbia's budget ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- US President Barack Obama and the US Congress are both seeing a decline in support as rising frustration over the political gridlock in Washington has damaged public faith in them, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Wednesday. Obama's job-approval rating fell to 45 percent, the lowest level since late 2011,...

WASHINGTON The trial balloon for the next secretary of defense barely lifted off before the darts started zipping at it, from the left and the right. The notion: Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, might be a good pick to fill the shoes of the current secretary, Leon Panetta, when he eventually leaves. The problems: Log ...