Barack Obama wrote multiple private letters to Mr. Khamenei whose response was to suggest ways America “could stop being an imperialist bully,” as Mr. Obama recalled in his latest memoir. Even Donald Trump — whose administration assassinated Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran in 2020 — made...
What to remember before talking to IranMichael Singh
Even before the talks, however, there was a dispute over just how the negotiations would go.President Donald Trump insists they'll be direct negotiations. However, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saidhe'd be speaking indirectly through a mediatorto U....
Even before the talks, however, there was a dispute over just how the negotiations would go.President Donald Trump insists they'll be direct negotiations. However, Iran's foreign minister said they'll be indirect talks through a mediator. The difference may seem small, but it matters...
Saddam emerged from the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88 possessed of one unshakeable conviction; that he owed his survival, and that of his country, to chemical weapons, without which his forces would have been over-run by the numerically superior Iranians – which was probably true. He also firml...
The regulation was enacted in March 2017. In October, Trump outwardly criticized Iran, and suggested an end to the previous Iran Nuclear Deal unless serious revisions were made. A report released in September 2017 from the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs found that on average, 20 ...
No, I think that’s irrelevant. Banyas took part actively in the demonstrations, we hid some deserters, there was an assassination operation against a regime officer, all this happened. But I knowit was deliberately planned months before, you cannot make such an operation in a city where ther...
Back to the Iran Deal… ICYMI our podcast with David Albright on what Iran is really up to… Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Tehran last week, eliminating the country’s leading nuclear expert and the head of its program. Iranian officials have blamed Israel for...
The main caveat, again, was whether Iran is drawn into the conflict. Tsukerman says the Saudis and other nations could cut oil output to pressure the U.S. into forcing Israel to deescalate with Hamas. "For that reason, we should expect the oil prices to stay elevated, although the ...
President Ronald Reagan Addresses the Nation on the Iran-Contra Scandal. Getty Images Archive In 1986, theIran-Contra Affairrevealed that PresidentRonald Reagan'sadministration had secretly arranged for the sale of arms to Iran in return for Iran’s promise to help secure the release of a group...