Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the recently resumed Middle East nuclear talks needed to come to an “immediate cessation,” accusing Iran of “nuclear blackmail.”
Senior U.S. intelligence officials worry Iran will not scale back their nuclear program to 2015 Iran Deal levels ahead of another round of negotiations, according to an Axios report.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) stated that a partial Iran nuclear deal would be weaker than the Iran nuclear deal struck under the Obama administration and that the Biden team’s approach
As Iran reportedly continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iranian political analyst Emad Abshenas, editor-in-chief of the Iran Diplomatic, warned last week that the Islamic republic currently has the capability of constructing a nuclear bomb, with its final assembly requiring only minutes to hours to complete.
Speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas over the weekend, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley discussed a variety of issues concerning Israel, the Palestinians, the U.N., and the Biden administration — which she argued could not be “counted on” to stop the Iranian nuclear program she deemed a threat to Israel’s existence.
The Iranian regime organized massive rallies on Thursday to celebrate the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran – the beginning of a 444-day hostage crisis touted as a great victory of the Islamic revolution in Iran.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), along with Republican colleagues, blasted President Joe Biden and his administration for displaying weakness in dealing with Iran, having “inexplicably” removed sanctions from Iranian missile producers, and for “empowering” terrorists, in a letter addressing the president provided to Breitbart News ahead of its release.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid held a joint press conference Wednesday at which they said Iran is running out of time to return to compliance with the nuclear deal.
Merkel said that Germany remains committed to reviving the international nuclear agreement with Iran — a step Israel opposes.
After months of stonewalling and intransigence, Iran evaded censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday by making the minimal concession of allowing IAEA inspectors to access surveillance cameras at Iranian nuclear sites.
Defiant Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday warned the U.S. and Europe not to take a “counterproductive approach” at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or Iran will halt even the tiny amount of grudging cooperation it has been providing to nuclear weapons monitors.
Following the U.S. “humiliating” defeat in Afghanistan, Mousavi warned that the days of Iran’s “futile diplomacy” of “empty smiles” were over.
Following an Iranian drone attack on an Israel-operated oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Oman that left two dead last week, Iranian advocacy group Iranian Americans for Liberty released a statement blasting the Biden administration’s “weak” response and calling on the president to “get tough.”
As protests rage within Iran against the hardline Islamist regime, demonstrations calling for the regime’s fall and death to its Islamic rulers have appeared in its capital Tehran as more and more Iranians speak out against the Islamic Republic’s abuses.
Hong Kong-registered China Concord Petroleum Company (CCPC) has become “a central player in the supply of sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, even after it was blacklisted by Washington two years ago for handling Iranian crude,” according to a Reuters report on Thursday.
The Iranian regime on Sunday refused to provide data from its nuclear sites to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), declaring that it would no longer cooperate with the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency after its temporary monitoring agreement expired last Thursday.
Iran is claiming that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden offered to lift 1,040 sanctions that were imposed during the administration of President Donald Trump, as Biden tries to entice Iran to resume the 2015 nuclear deal.
The Biden administration on Friday lifted sanctions against three former Iranian officials and two companies that did business in Iran with its oil companies.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Wednesday there has been “a lot of progress made” on bringing the United States back into the Iran nuclear deal, allowing formal negotiations with Iran to resume this weekend.
Iran held the second debate in its farcical “presidential election” on Tuesday, giving the seven candidates not preemptively disqualified by the theocratic Guardian Council a chance to square off.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping expressed his support for Iran in a phone call Monday with his nominal counterpart, outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
A large group of Iranian military fast attack boats on Monday harassed six United States Navy ships escorting a guided missile submarine into the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said.
Three Republican members lawmakers demanded Wednesday that the U.S. Department of State’s inspector general investigate John Kerry.
Republicans voiced their concerns Monday about a report of a leaked audiotape of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asserting President Biden’s current climate czar and former Secretary of State, John Kerry, allegedly shared with him that Israel had attacked Iranian interests in Syria at least 200 times.
Key members of the GOP are calling for either an investigation or resignation following reports of former U.S. Secretary of State and current Climate Czar John Kerry leaking information about covert Israeli military operations to Iran.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry did not share any secret information about Israel with Iranian official, the State Department says.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif complained executed terrorist Qasem Soleimani was a hindrance to his job and that the Russian government actively sabotaged attempts at diplomacy with America in leaked remarks published Sunday.
President Biden is willing to lift some sanctions on Iran if it resumes compliance with the nuclear deal, the U.S. State Department said.
The governments of China and Russia, which appear to be taking the lead in talks between Iran and the remaining partners in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, expressed optimism after talks concluded on Friday for the week that progress had occurred.
Officials in Iran once again debunked claims by the U.S. State Department and friendly media that the Biden Administration is in “indirect” talks with Tehran on Wednesday, stating the Islamic regime has nothing to discuss without an end to every American sanction on the rogue state.
The government of Iran denied it would engage the United States in talks on Tuesday after the administration of President Joe Biden confirmed on Monday that it would send an envoy to Vienna, Austria, where the remaining signatories of the Iran nuclear deal are scheduled to discuss a path forward.
President Joe Biden is set to offer Iran partial sanctions relief in exchange for a partial stop to its nuclear activities, according to a report Monday in Politico.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Iran on Friday during a tour of six Middle Eastern nations and demanded a leading role in sustaining the Iran nuclear deal, presenting China as the new global hegemonic power and the only honest mediator between Tehran and the Western world.
Hagerty said Tuesday he has still not received answers to his questions on whether Kahl leaked classified information in 2017.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday weighed in on President Joe Biden and his administration showing interest in rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about the U.S.-Israel partnership.
The Pentagon called the most recent rocket attacks on an Iraqi base where U.S. forces are stationed “a troubling development” but said there is no desire for escalation.
Colin Kahl, nominated for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, described Republicans as “the party of ethnic cleansing” on Twitter. His Senate confirmation hearing is set for Thursday.
Congressional Republicans are troubled by President Joe Biden’s offers to restart nuclear talks with Iran. The concern comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken relayed Thursday that the Administration is ready to begin negotiating.
“Israel believes that going back to the old agreement will pave Iran’s path to a nuclear arsenal,” the statement from Netanyahu’s office read.
