U.S. lawmakers this week will consider three Republican-backed measures targeting the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran, which bitterly divides Washington a year after it was announced and could play a role in November’s elections.
Iran said Saturday it would continue its ballistic missile program after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the missile tests were not in the spirit of the country’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
FoxNews.com reports: With the ink barely dry on the deal between the U.S. and Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from securing nuclear weapons, a new German intelligence document charges that Iran continues to flout the agreement. Germany’s domestic intelligence
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened on Tuesday to “set fire” to the nuclear deal sealed with world powers if U.S. presidential candidates reneged on the agreement.
Speaking during his regular segment on John Batchelor’s nighttime program, Breitbart Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter Aaron Klein commented on what he described as a new talking points scandal – “deceptive” marketing points utilized to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the public.
An arms control group tied to White House efforts to sell the Iran nuclear agreement to the public helped to craft talking points for a network of advocates, experts and messaging specialists on how to frame Iran’s nuclear program while
TEL AVIV – The pro-Palestinian lobby group J Street stated that it was “proud” of its role in pushing the controversial Iran nuclear agreement amid reports that it received $576,500 to promote the deal from a group tied to White House efforts to sell the agreement to the public.
TEL AVIV – A group that advocates a nuclear-free world and that was identified earlier this month by the White House as central in helping to market the Iran nuclear deal to the news media has funded National Public Radio
CNN reports: Washington (CNN) Senate Democrats unexpectedly blocked a major spending bill for energy and water programs Wednesday to prevent a vote on a Republican amendment that would ban U.S. tax dollars from being used in the future to buy heavy water from Iran.
The New York Times reports: TEHRAN — Anger is building among even Iran’s staunchest defenders of the historic nuclear agreement with the United States, after a recent decision by the American Supreme Court allowing relatives of victims of a 1983 bombing to sue Tehran for $2 billion in compensation from frozen Iranian funds.
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.
TEHRAN, Iran—The European Union’s top foreign policy official pledged Saturday the bloc would do what it can to get large regional banks working with Iran in a bid to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington over the benefits of last year’s nuclear agreement.
Russia has sent the first part of its S-300 air defence missile system to Iran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency on Monday. Russia says it cancelled a contract to deliver
Vice President Joe Biden has warned that the United States is watching Iran “like a hawk” to ensure compliance with the landmark nuclear deal. Tehran and six world powers, including the United States, agreed to the deal in July when
TEL AVIV — Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon criticized the Iran nuclear deal on Monday, saying it will pave the way for Iranian dominance of the Middle East, and slammed President Barack Obama’s mishandling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Jerusalem Post reports: Post-nuclear-agreement Iran offers financial rewards for terrorism, something that the world must firmly condemn, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Netanyahu, before meeting with visiting Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, said that terrorism does not happen
Israel bristled on Sunday at the lifting of international sanctions on Iran and vowed to flag up any violations of its arch-foe’s nuclear restrictions while drawing on U.S. defense aid to prepare for a possible military face-off in the future.
The Jerusalem Post reports: NEW YORK – “Iran is continuing to strive for nuclear weapons and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s optimism must not blind the international community,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon (pictured) said on Saturday, as
Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated, “We need to reinstate sanctions” on Iran and “re-engage with our allies to create a serious confrontation with Iran” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Jeb said, [relevant remarks
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he has “moderate confidence” the US can monitor Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement in an interview with CNN aired on Friday’s “Situation Room.” Clapper was asked, “With regard to Iran, why does
Tuesday on CNN’s Democratic presidential primary debate former Secretary of the Navy and former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) criticized President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran saying it “acquiescing in Iran” and puts the Untied States in a “position of weakness”
Columnist Pat Buchanan stated that GOP presidential candidates former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, and Ohio Governor John Kasich are “realists” who don’t “want to go back into the Middle East,” as demonstrated by their
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) argued the Iran nuclear deal “fails to meet even the administration’s own objectives” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “I’m Senator Shelley Moore Capito from West Virginia. For months, Congress carefully and thoughtfully
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) declared, “Congress should entertain the possibility of legal action” over the Iran deal on Saturday’s broadcast of WABC New York’s “Larry Kudlow Show.” Cotton said that the side deals mean that the sixty-day clock to vote
Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) slammed the Iran nuclear deal and declared, “President Obama’s policies embolden Iran’s leaders” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “Earlier this week I had the honor of chairing the first-ever Congressional hearing at the
Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized Republican leadership on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues, stating they shouldn’t treat the deal like any other bill and wondering, “What’s the point having the majority then? We might
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stated that if the Iran nuclear deal goes into effect, it will “make the single most important issue in 2016 stopping a nuclear Iran” in an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on
South Carolina Senator and Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham stated “Ted Cruz and House Republicans” are “trying to help Obama” because “Obama’s nightmare is a debate and a vote” on the Iran deal on Wednesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto”
Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to Secretary of State John Kerry Marie Harf stated that the Stop Iran Rally “speaks to the level of partisanship” over the Iran deal on Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live” Harf stated, “I think the fact that
Thursday at a town hall in Berlin, NH, Republican presidential candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said, “We have officially stabbed Israel in the back,” with what he described as President Barack Obama’s “shameful” nuclear agreement. Christie said, “Our friends in
Secretary of State John Kerry stated that “it is probably fair to say something may find its way to some bad or nefarious activity” regarding the money that will be released to Iran under the nuclear deal on Wednesday’s broadcast
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered,” Republican presidential candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said now that President Barack Obama has secured enough support in the U.S. Senate to uphold the nuclear agreement with Iran, he’ll be directly responsible for any bloodshed
Secretary of State John Kerry stated, “if we do the right job of inspecting, and Israel, and the gulf states, and we and our friends, France, Germany, Britain, China, Russia all are doing the right level of intelligence gathering, believe
Former Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush responded to fellow candidate Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s criticism of his position on the Iran deal by saying “tearing up an agreement’s not a strategy” on Tuesday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the
Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker said of fellow candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s position on the Iran deal, “If you want a president who’s going to wait some time, even though they know something is wrong
Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) argued that with the Iran deal “President Obama is betting that Iran will change over a few short years into a country that can be trusted with nuclear bomb-making technology” during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript
Columnist Pat Buchanan defended the Iran deal and said it wasn’t crucial to know whether Iran tested nuclear triggers at Parchin on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” He was asked, “How important is it to know whether or not the Iranians tested nuclear
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) discussed a report involving a side deal with Iran which would allow Iran to inspect itself at a key military site known as Parchin and said that could be
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) argued that the Iran deal is “based on hope,” and that even though it would be easier to support, he wouldn’t take the easy path in a speech on Tuesday. Menendez said, “Whether or not the
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher wondered, “can we be trusted?” And argued that “We cannot always operate from the beginning of, ‘We’re the good people’” during a discussion on the Iran deal on Friday. Maher said, “can Iran be
