Honduran Cardinal Condemns U.S.-Iran Conflict
Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga said Sunday that he condemns the conflict between the United States and Iran and urged leaders to “learn the lifestyle of Jesus.”
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Report: Iran Hackers Hunt Nuclear Workers, U.S. Targets
As U.S. President Donald Trump re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran last month, hackers scrambled to break into personal emails of American officials tasked with enforcing them, The Associated Press has found — another sign of how deeply cyberespionage is embedded into the fabric of US-Iranian relations.
U.S. Navy Sails to Rescue of Iran Fishing Boat After Pirate Attack
An American destroyer has come to the aid of an Iranian fishing boat after a pirate attack off Yemen, the US Navy said Wednesday.
Poll: Most Americans – Including Democrats – Want Obama’s Iran Deal Renegotiated
A strong majority of voters — including most Democrats — said the U.S. should renegotiate the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, according to a recent poll.
Iran Rejects U.S. Demand for Inspection of Military Sites
Iran on Tuesday dismissed U.S. demands for the inspection of Iranian military sites by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, shrugging off a request by America’s ambassador to the U.N. as only a “dream.”
Iran Says Can Quit Nuclear Deal if U.S. Keeps Adding Sanctions
President Hassan Rouhani warned on Tuesday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions.
Report: U.S. Navy Destroyer in Close Encounter with Iran Attack Vessel in Persian Gulf
A U.S. Navy destroyer had another close encounter with an Iranian Revolutionary Guard “fast attack craft” in the Persian Gulf Monday.
Iran ‘Hostile’ to U.S. Involvement in Syria Talks
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said late Tuesday that his government opposed the United States joining Syrian peace talks to be held in Kazakhstan next week, local media reported.
U.S. Navy Destroyer Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Vessels: U.S. Officials
A U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots towards four of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels on Sunday after they closed in at a high rate of speed in the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Monday.
Iran Defies U.S. and Rejects Demand for Release of Dual Nationals
Iran said on Wednesday it would accept no US “interference” after Washington demanded the release of a dual national and his 80-year-old father given 10 year sentences for espionage.
Iran Must be Hospitable to Foreign Investors: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that his country must be hospitable to foreign businessmen, two days after a high-profile Iranian-American and his father were jailed for 10 years as spies.
Obama Administration Eases Guidelines on Iran Deals for Foreign Firms
Updated guidelines published by the US Treasury Department ease restrictions on foreign companies attempting to do business with Iran in what is being called a “loosening of sanctions.”
Defiant Clinton: U.S. ‘Not Being Played’ by Iran
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton defended the Iranian nuclear deal, during a televised national security forum on MSNBC where she and Republican rival Donald Trump each fielded 30 minutes of questions about their experience and judgment to be commander in chief.
GOP Leaders Promise Legislation on $400M Payment to Iran
WASHINGTON — A House leader promised Wednesday that Republicans controlling the chamber will pass legislation addressing the Obama administration’s $400 million payment to Iran in January, made immediately after four US prisoners were released.
New York Times Defends Obama’s Iran ‘Ransom’ Payment
The New York Times has a staff editorial that attempts the extremely difficult task of defending the Obama administration’s payment of $400 million in cash in European currency, stacked on wooden pallets in an unmarked cargo plane, to the terror-supporting government of Iran in exchange for the release of three American hostages.
U.S. Says European Banks Should Feel Free To Deal With Iran
NEW YORK (AFP) — The United States insisted that foreign banks should feel free to do business with Iran after Tehran’s compliance with a nuclear deal with world powers.
Israel’s UN Envoy: Iran Missile Tests ‘Gross Violation’ of Nuclear Deal
The Times of Israel reports: The recent Iranian tests of ballistic missiles are a “gross violation” of a United Nations resolution that supported last year’s nuclear agreement with Tehran, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told the Security Council
Hillary Emails – Top Deputy Boasts: We ‘Shaped’ New York Times Coverage of Iran Engagement
TEL AVIV – The latest batch of Hillary Clinton’s emails released by the State Department on Friday – reviewed in full by Breitbart Jerusalem – contains one dispatch from a former top Clinton deputy boasting of helping to “shape” a lengthy New York Times article explaining the Obama administration’s decision to engage Iran.
