ISNA - In response to the reports about an event in which a U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots at Iranian patrol boats in the Persian Gulf, White House spokesman said, US destroyer fired shots at Iranian patrol boats to warning them. White House spokesman, Josh Earnest remarks came after Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said ...

IRNA - The White House press secretary Josh Earnest expressed condolences on the demise of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Monday. Earnest referred to Ayatollah Rafsanjani as a 'prominent figure' and a 'consequential figure' in Iran's history, said a report by the New York Times. He said that the ...

Sputnik News- Congress will have to deal with serious repercussions if lawmakers choose to upend the Iran nuclear deal, according to White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Congress will have to deal with serious repercussions if lawmakers choose to upend the Iran nuclear deal, White House spokesman Josh Earnest warned at a briefing Thursday. "This ...

IRNA White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the US President's signing the bill on extension of Iran's Sanctions Act will be pending on investigations and studies. 'We'll take a look at what bill is passed and determine whether or not the President will sign it,' Earnest said when asked on extension of the Iran Sanctions Act. The remark by ...

Xinhua- The White House said on Tuesday U.S. President Barack Obama would not sign any bill in his final months in office that would undermine the Iran nuclear deal. "We certainly are not going to, however, sign a piece of legislation that would undermine the ability of the international community to continue to successfully implement the international ...

Press TV- The United States says the outgoing administration of Democratic President Barack Obama will remain committed to a nuclear deal with Tehran until the end of the commander-in-chiefs tenure. White House spokesman Josh Earnest made the announcement at a news briefing on Wednesday after the rival partys Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential ...

US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose ties have been at odds for a while, are finally set to meet in New York on Wednesday, says the White House. In a statement on Sunday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest made the announcement, asserting that the issue of Palestine will be onthe agenda at the meeting,...

The White House has ruled out a US military attack against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, saying the outcome of any such action would not be in America's best interest. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday that President Barack Obama is determined to make sure that the United States does not make the unwise ...

In the wake of the admission from the State Department that it intentionally edited and deleted video from an archived press briefing to hide statements it made about the nuclear negotiations with Iran, ABC News has found that the White House has recently omitted a line from a transcript of a May 9 briefing that also involved questions from Fox News ...

New York, June 1, IRNA - White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said no plan exists for any military cooperation between Iran and US to fight against the terrorist group of Daesh (ISIS). However, he reiterated that Iran and US fighting against Daesh is based on a joint awareness regarding dangers caused by sectarian divisions in Iraq. Earnest made ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- White House Secretary Josh Earnest reiterated that the United States, through the Department of Energy, did make properly licensed purchase of about 32 metric tons of heavy-water from Iran. There is a market for heavy-water, particularly when it comes to applications related to industry and research here in the United States. And ...

The United States assumes that Iran may carry out more missile launches in the coming days, following reports of several tests Tehran conducted over the course of this week, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said on Wednesday. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) Earlier this week, according to reports, Iran carried out ballistic missile tests that Washington ...

Tehran, Feb 23, IRNA While a possible cessation of hostilities in Syria is expected to take effect late in February, White House says a ceasefire in the war-ravaged country is difficult to achieve. 'This is going to be difficult to implement,' White House Spokesman Joh Earnest told reporters on Monday, according to AFP. 'We know that there are ...

Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA - White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that Republicans seemed unhappy that 10 US Navy sailors, captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard this week were released. The spokesman further said on Friday that I think the only people unhappy about it are the Republicans, Earnest told reporters. According to the Blaze....

White House cannot rule out imposing sanctions against Tehran "at any time" over its ballistic missile program. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The United States still considers sanctions against Iran over a recent ballistic missile test, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said during a press briefing on Friday. "There has been significant discussion ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it's not ready to suspend economic sanctions against Iran because its compliance with the nuclear deal hasn't been verified. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Iran is making important progress toward curbing its nuclear program. He says it's possible the Islamic Republic has already completed all the ...

White House press secretary Josh Earnest defended the Obama administrations decision to include Iran in the Syrian peace talks. For all of our differences with Iran, where our interests come into vigorous conflict, the president and secretary of state determined its in our interest to test whether or not our interests overlap sufficiently that the ...

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said that DoD has offered "condolence payments" to the families of US airstrikes victims on a hospital in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The US Department of Defense (DoD) has offered "condolence payments" to the families of US airstrikes victims on a hospital in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said. US ...

The White House has said that the US airstrike against a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was not a war crime. The United States carried out the air strike on the hospital in the northern city of Kunduz on Saturday, which resulted in the deaths of 22 civilians. Since the deadly strike, US officials have offered contradictory ...

Washington (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit the White House in early November, a US spokesman said Friday, the first time he's been invited since a fierce row over the Iranian nuclear deal. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there was an "ongoing effort" to find an exact date for the meeting, but that it would be ...