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IRAN CALLS FOR MEETING OF NUCLEAR DEAL POWERS OVER U.S. SANCTIONS
In response to the U.S. sanctions move, Iran ordered its scientists on Tuesday to start developing systems for nuclear-powered marine vessels... READ MORE›
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RETIRED GENERALS AND ADMIRALS URGE CONGRESS TO REJECT IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
The letter by 195 former top military officers follows one last week that supported the nuclear agreement... READ MORE›
29 US SCIENTISTS PRAISE IRAN DEAL IN LETTER TO OBAMA
The letter notes criticism that the Iran accord, after 10 years, will let Tehran potentially develop nuclear arms without constraint... READ MORE›
DEAL REACHED ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM LIMITS ON FUEL WOULD LESSEN WITH TIME
Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran after decades of coups hostage-taking terrorism and sanctions remains a bigger question... READ MORE›
HEAD OF GROUP OPPOSING IRAN ACCORD QUITS POST SAYING HE BACKS DEAL
The aim was to strengthen the international economic sanctions against Iran, which Mr. Samore was convinced had been mounting a clandestine effort to develop nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN OBAMA MAKES HIS CASE
We have cut off every pathway for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›
IRANS SUPREME LEADER SAYS ISRAEL WONT EXIST IN 25 YEARS
Iranians must not forget that the United States is the Great Satan, Ayatollah Khamenei warned, criticizing those calling for better relations... READ MORE›
IRAN AGREES TO DETAILED NUCLEAR OUTLINE FIRST STEP TOWARD A WIDER DEAL
Mr. Zarif and other Iranian officials may have an even harder political argument to win... READ MORE›
FRANCE WON'T DINE WITH IRAN UNLESS WINE IS SERVED
A food spat between Iran and France ahead of Hassan Rouhani's European trip threatens rapprochement... READ MORE›
SCORCHING 'HEAT DOME' OVER MIDDLE EAST SEES TEMPERATURES SOAR TO 165F IN IRAN
But some of the most affluent figures in the Middle East are blissfully unaware of the scorching heat, such as Saudia Arabia's King Salman... READ MORE›
IRAN COMPLIES WITH NUCLEAR DEAL SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED
Five Americans, including a Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, were released by Iran hours before the nuclear accord was implemented... READ MORE›
BACKLASH AGAINST US IN IRAN SEEMS TO GATHER FORCE AFTER NUCLEAR DEAL
The confirmation of Mr. Zakka's arrest followed the incarceration of an Iranian-American consultant, Siamak Namazi, known for his advocacy of improved ties with the United States... READ MORE›
IRAN RELEASES FOUR AMERICANS IN A PRISONER SWAP
The American officials described the released Iranians as convicts or suspects in sanctions violations -- offenses that Iran's government has never recognized as legitimate... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU CALLS AGREEMENT A HISTORIC MISTAKE
Netanyahu the Iran nuclear deal is the bitter culmination of a long struggle that has severely strained Israel's relations with the United States its crucial ally... READ MORE›
INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN LIFTED
U.S. non-nuclear sanctions related to terrorism and other Iranian activities remain in place... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS IRAN TESTED ROCKETS 1,500 YARDS FROM AMERICAN CARRIER
The United States on Wednesday accused Iran of carrying out rocket tests near American warships and commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz last week... READ MORE›
US REMAINS THE GREAT SATAN HARD-LINERS IN IRAN SAY
Opposition to the agreement is strong in the United States Congress, where many lawmakers have expressed intense distrust of Iran... READ MORE›
IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA EXCHANGE HEATED WORDS AFTER EXECUTION OF SHIITE CLERIC
Saudi Arabia and Iran follow separate strands of Islam and have long been rivals for influence across the Middle East and beyond... READ MORE›
AFTER A US SHIFT IRAN HAS A SEAT AT TALKS ON WAR IN SYRIA
Iran's participation in Syria talks is something United Nations mediators have sought for years -- and faced opposition from the White House for just as long... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL
Khamenei said referring to the United States and its five negotiating partners... READ MORE›
OBAMAS BET ON IRAN DEAL MAY TAKE YEARS TO PAY OFF
Faced with a recalcitrant supreme leader in Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mr... READ MORE›
SUNNI-SHIITE MAP STARK POLITICAL SPLIT MIXED POPULATIONS
Sunni-led allies of Saudi Arabia have cut diplomatic ties with Shiite Iran, further polarizing the Middle East along the two major branches of Islam... READ MORE›
BEFORE IRAN DEAL SHOUTS STANDOFFS AND COMPROMISE
VIENNA One by one the roadblocks to a nuclear accord between Iran and the United States had been painstakingly cleared... READ MORE›
CONGRESS GETS A SAY BUT OBAMA WIELDS A VETO
Cardin said the Iran review, while proceeding in Congress initially over the White House's objections, probably played to the West's advantage... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS FUTURE RISKS OF AN IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
Ross, who served as a White House adviser on Iran during Mr. Obama's first term and has yet to decide if he will back the accord... READ MORE›
BRITAIN TO REOPEN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN AFTER FOUR YEARS
Exclusive Philip Hammond will make first trip by UK foreign secretary to Iranian capital in nearly 12 years to reopen embassy... READ MORE›
2 AMERICANS BELIEVED DETAINED IN IRAN ARE NOT AMONG THOSE COMING HOME
Namazi immigrated to the United States in 1983, and he later returned to Iran after graduating from college to serve in the Iranian military... READ MORE›
POST-DEAL IRAN ASKS IF US IS STILL GREAT SATAN OR SOMETHING LESS
At best, some analysts say, Ayatollah Khamenei is awaiting what he calls in some speeches positive steps from the United States... READ MORE›
SOME EXPERTS SEE GAP IN IRAN DEALS VERIFICATION SYSTEM
Moniz has insisted that Iran would not be able to hide traces of illicit nuclear work before inspectors gained access to a suspicious site... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA SEVERS TIES WITH IRAN, QUESTIONS LOOM
Why are there tensions between iran and saudi arabia?... READ MORE›
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SYRIAN REBEL GROUPS SAY THEY WILL ATTEND ASTANA PEACE TALKS
In 2013, the Syrian military used chemical weapons in an attack against rebel-controlled areas of Damascus, killing nearly 1,500 civilians, including more than 400 children... READ MORE›
AS OBAMA LEAVES THE WORLD STAGE
A front-page headline in Israel's most widely circulated daily, Israel Hayom, summed up the feeling Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history... READ MORE›
IRAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL BECOMES LAW WITHOUT OBAMA SIGNATURE
The Obama administration stressed that Iran would be unaffected by the renewal, as long as it continues honoring the nuclear deal... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU TO SPEAK TO TRUMP ABOUT WEST'S 'BAD' NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN
He told an American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIPAC conference in May that his number one priority was to dismantle the deal... READ MORE›
SYRIA CRISIS: US WEIGHS TOUGHER RESPONSE TO RUSSIA
It was the stiffest U.S. warning to the Russians since the Sept. 19 collapse of a truce they jointly brokered... READ MORE›
IRAN'S PRESIDENT ROUHANI CALLS NUCLEAR DEAL A 'GOLDEN PAGE' IN HISTORY
International sanctions on Iran were lifted Saturday after the United Nations nuclear agency declared Tehran had fulfilled its commitment to scale back its nuclear program... READ MORE›
OBAMA TO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA FOR DEFENCE TALKS
Obama plans to also discuss Afghanistan and Russian moves in Ukraine with Cameron and Merkel, the White House officials said... READ MORE›
IRAN'S 'SUPREME LEADER' AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI WELCOMES SANCTIONS LIFT, WARNS OF US 'DECEIT'
I reiterate the need to be vigilant about the deceit and treachery of arrogant countries, especially the United States Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei... READ MORE›
IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS RELEASE US SAILORS HELD IN THE GULF
Ten US sailors detained by Iran were freed after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said they appeared to have entered Iranian waters by mistake... READ MORE›
OBAMA LAUNCHES MISSION TO CURE CANCER 'ONCE AND FOR ALL'
As Biden smiled from his seat behind the president, Obama said he would put the vice president in charge of mission control for the effort... READ MORE›
OBAMA, HOLLANDE MEET AS RUSSIAN JET DOWNING COMPLICATES CAMPAIGN
The two leaders met 11 days after terrorists tied to Islamic State killed 130 people in and around Paris... READ MORE›