Iranian oil is about to flood the market
US President Barack Obama's signature foreign-policy initiative — the historic nuclear deal with Iran — appears poised to fend off Congressional opposition.After several Democratic lawmakers in the US...
View ArticleThe GOP is devolving into a 'giant political fight club'
Just when you think the Republican Party can't possibly be more chaotic and disorganized, another internal brawl breaks out. Except for opposition to President Obama, what do these people have in...
View ArticleRepublicans just helped Obama secure a signature foreign policy victory
This was a great week for the White House.A month ago Democrats were working to stop a GOP-penned resolution of disapproval against President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran.No, the resolution...
View ArticleIran has been systematically humiliating Obama since the nuclear deal was signed
Since the Iran nuclear deal was announced in mid-July, the world has been treated to an unusual historic spectacle.As President Obama was busy twisting congressional arms to prevent repudiation of the...
View ArticleThe one thing that proves Iran still can't be trusted
With the international community preparing to lift most sanctions on Iran, its president, Hassan Rouhani, no doubt will present his nation as ready to take its rightful, respected place in the world...
View ArticleBenjamin Netanyahu just called out the international community with 45...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu usually uses his annual speech at the United Nations General Assembly to raise the issue of Iran's nuclear program and the broader challenge of Iranian...
View ArticleNetanyahu berates UN members for their 'utter silence' on Iran deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN October 1 regarding the Iran deal.Produced by Emma Fierberg. Video courtesy of Reuters.Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
View ArticleIran's president is trying to bribe the powerful Revolutionary Guards into...
Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s diplomacy and the landmark nuclear bargain may have reduced the gaps between Tehran and the global powers. But the agreement is widening differences between the...
View ArticleObama to North Korea: You can have a deal like Iran if you abandon the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Friday they were open to negotiations with North Korea on sanctions but Pyongyang needed to show it was...
View ArticleThe Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson is making big moves in Iranian politics
As Iran’s fractious political elites prepare for the February 25, 2016, elections for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that selects the country's Supreme Leader, there is...
View ArticleThe Iran Deal just hit a huge snag
One of the biggest mysteries of the Iran nuclear deal has been solved — but the answer may complicate the efforts of the US and its allies to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. On the same...
View ArticleHere's what an Israel attack on Iran's nuclear facilities might have looked like
For the better part of the past decade it was one of the most consequential questions in international affairs, with an answer that could potentially spark a war between two Middle Eastern military...
View ArticleThe US just sent a major signal about how it views Iranian legitimacy in the...
Iran has been invited for the first time to participate in peace talks on Syria, in a move that recognizes Tehran as a legitimate stakeholder in the future of a country well into its fifth year of...
View ArticleIran's military budget is going to get a huge boost from the nuclear deal
Post-nuclear deal Iran has shown the will to spend more on its military adventures in the Middle East and beyond, even though the price of oil has stayed low. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...
View ArticleSephora will open shops in Iran next year
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Sephora plans to open several shops in Iran starting next year, becoming one of the first major European specialist cosmetics retailers to directly invest in the country as...
View ArticleAn Obama administration official just revealed one of the unsavory trade-offs...
When Rick Stengel, the US undersecretary of state for diplomacy and public affairs, went on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Monday to talk about "The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against...
View ArticleIran's Ayatollah explains the meaning behind those 'Death to America' chants
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The slogan "Death to America" is not aimed at the American people, but rather American policies, Iran's supreme leader said in comments reported on his official website...
View Article'McDonald’s diplomacy': The nuclear deal has emboldened Iranian hardliners —...
The Iran nuclear deal, the optimism went, could help open up the country to the West. It could soften the influence of hardliners in the country. And it could start to open Iran's doors to outside...
View ArticleIran has reportedly stopped dismantling nuclear centrifuges
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has stopped dismantling centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants, state media reported on Tuesday, days after conservative lawmakers complained to President Hassan Rouhani...
View ArticleThe Israeli prime minister had an awkward appearance at a top progressive...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently on what must be his easiest visit to the US in years.The signing of the Iran nuclear deal in July means the US is now committed to a policy that...
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