Civil Aviation Organization of Iran chief Ali Abedzadeh insisted Friday it was “obvious” an Iranian missile had not shot Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight 752 out of the sky on Wednesday.
The White House announced Friday additional economic sanctions on Iran in retaliation for the missile strikes against American targets in the Middle East.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) suggested in an interview with Cosmopolitan published Thursday that Americans should be worried about a World War III scenario.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, changed his tune from urging caution against “conspiracy theories” to asserting on Friday an Iranian missile shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 “is not being ruled out.”
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump on Wednesday discussed “critical bilateral and regional issues” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after an Iranian missile strike on U.S. bases in Iraq, the White House said.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry complained Thursday that President Donald Trump was ruining everything he and former President Barack Obama achieved with the Iran deal.
CNN picked up a line of Tehran propaganda Friday conflating the shootdown of an Iran Air jetliner by a U.S. Navy ship in 1988 with this week’s Ukrainian jetliner loss.
Iran invited Boeing and U.S. aviation investigators Friday to join its examination into the loss of the Ukrainian jetliner on its territory earlier this week. Canada and the UK as well as the Ukraine have also been cleared to attend as officials in Tehran rushed to clear the site of all debris.
TEL AVIV – Rep. Ilhan Omar has come under fire over her hypocrisy in criticizing President Donald Trump for his “unmeasured response” in waging “economic warfare” against Iran by imposing new sanctions, while at the same time having no problem supporting sanctions against Israel.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Defense Ministry has made a “technological breakthrough” on a laser beam defense system capable of intercepting rockets, drones and anti-tank missiles, it announced Wednesday.
Pelosi wants to tie Trump’s hands with a resolution tto limit his war powers on Iran — right after he has used them to promote peace.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) defended the strike on Qasem Soleimani and called for Congress to “revisit” the AUMFs in Iraq and Afghanistan and vote on a new one. Roy said,
McClintock: the resolution “deliberately undermin[es] the position of the United States Government and the armed forces WE sent to Iraq – at a perilous moment.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted on Thursday that the United States and Trump administration, specifically, could be partially responsible for the crashed Ukrainian plane that U.S. officials reportedly suspect an Iranian missile took down.
Muqtada al-Sadr, perhaps the second most influential Shiite leader in Iraq after Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Thursday urged Shiite militia forces to be “patient” and stand down because the “crisis is over” between the U.S. and Iran.
The Iranian envoy to the United Nations said in an interview Thursday that Iran’s retaliation for the elimination of terrorist Qasem Soleimani was complete following the ballistic missile attack on American assets in Iraq this week and denied the Islamic regime is pursuing nuclear weapons.
The Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil issued an impassioned plea for peace Thursday, insisting that the region is “tired of war” and its consequences.
The House Freedom Caucus issued a statement in opposition to the Democrats’ War Powers Resolution targeting Trump’s action against Iran.
Army combat veteran and Congressman Max Rose has released a statement firmly opposing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s War Powers Resolution.
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday evidence indicates an Iranian missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday and that the strike “may have been unintentional.”
“You know what bothers me?” Trump asked. “When I see Nancy Pelosi trying to defend this monster.”
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft wrote a letter to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday stating the U.S. is “ready to engage without preconditions in serious negotiations with Iran, with the goal of preventing further endangerment of international peace and security or escalation by the Iranian regime.”
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) participated in what organizers branded a “strategy call” with members of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a pro-Iran advocacy group, on Wednesday.
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) claim that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was “offensive” to American veterans, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said Wednesday.
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Abdullah Agrahi on Thursday vowed to take “harsher revenge” against American targets for the liquidation of IRGC Gen. Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. airstrike. Agrahi, like many other Iranian officials, evidently saw Tuesday night’s zero-casualty Iranian missile attack on Iraqi bases as insufficient, or as merely a taste of greater retaliation to come.
Babson College Professor Asheen Phansey was suspended from his teaching post this week after he made a Facebook status encouraging Iran to list 52 American cultural sites that they would consider bombing. Phansey suggested the Mall of America and the “Kardashian residence” as potential Iranian targets.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch (R-ID) during Thursday’s “America’s Newsroom” on Fox News Channel reacted to the recent missile attacks targeting U.S. military housed in Iraq. Risch noted there is speculation Iran purposefully did not attempt to kill
Investigators from Ukraine concluded Thursday that a commercial airliner that crashed early Wednesday after taking off in Tehran could not possibly have experienced an engine fire, which is Iran’s official explanation for the fatal tragedy.
The UK could pull out of the nuclear deal over Iran’s failure to comply with its terms, the foreign minister has heavily implied.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) during a Thursday appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show, lamented the invasion of politics into the space of national security issues, particularly the opposition of Democratic members of Congress and the media to President
Wednesday during an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democrats for their reactions to the successful U.S. strike ordered by President Donald Trump that killed Iranian Quds force commander General Qasam Soleimani.
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday shared some insight into the briefing the day before on the Iran airstrikes which killed Iran Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that the European Union should adopt an Israeli-U.S. stance on Iran.
Investigators in Iran claimed on Thursday that the black boxes of a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight out of Tehran that crashed as Iran shot over a dozen missiles at Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops had their memories damaged.
Pope Francis addressed growing tensions between Iran and the United States Thursday, urging both parties to practice self-control and dialogue to avoid further conflict.
TEL AVIV – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday denounced a Carter-era memo declaring Jewish settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, calling it “deeply flawed.”
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned Iran against attacking Israel and praised the “bold” U.S. move in killing “terrorist-in-chief” Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Wednesday during an appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) offered her thoughts on speculation that the handling of the U.S.-Iranian dust-up might have been different if Hillary Clinton were president.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” former Secretary of State John Kerry commented on President Donald Trump’s speech earlier in the day.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that while the killing of Qasem Soleimani made America safer, the Trump administration “was a little too quick to dismiss the role of
