Category: Iran

US Imposes Sanctions on Multiple Entities Accused of Supplying Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

The United States on March 30 announced new sanctions on a number of entities it says are involved in efforts to obtain materials for Iran’s ballistic missile programme. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions target an Iran-based procurement agent, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, and his network of companies: Iran-based Jestar Sanat Delijan, Sina Composite Delijan Company,…


Israel Hosts Arab, US Top Diplomats

SDE BOKER, Israel—Israel on Monday hosted the foreign ministers of four Arab nations and the United States. The gathering brought together the top diplomats from Egypt and three Arab nations—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco—that signed the Abraham Accords to normalize relations with Israel under the Trump administration. Meeting at a resort in Israel’s…


[PREMIERING NOW] Kash’s Corner: Why Is the Biden Admin Still Seeking Russia’s Help to Finalize Iran Nuclear Deal?

This episode will premiere at 8 p.m. ET.             “Can you remember the last time that the leader of the Saudi Kingdom ignored a president of the United States’ request for a phone call?” America’s traditional allies in the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates, are turning…


Kash’s Corner: Why Is the Biden Admin Still Seeking Russia’s Help to Finalize Iran Nuclear Deal?

This episode will premiere at 8 p.m. ET.    “Can you remember the last time that the leader of the Saudi Kingdom ignored a president of the United States’ request for a phone call?” America’s traditional allies in the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates, are turning away from America, says…


[PREMIERING 8PM ET] Kash’s Corner: Why Is the Biden Admin Still Seeking Russia’s Help to Finalize Iran Nuclear Deal?

This episode will premiere at 8 p.m. ET.    “Can you remember the last time that the leader of the Saudi Kingdom ignored a president of the United States’ request for a phone call?” America’s traditional allies in the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates, are turning away from America, says…


Russia and Iran Collaborate on SWIFT Alternative

Leaders in the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran are developing an alternative to the SWIFT system for messaging for international payments, according to a key Iranian diplomat in comments made on Thursday. On the subject, Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali told reporters, “We are making efforts in this direction,” according to…


Reviving the Iran Deal Is More Than Another Display of Chronic Biden Ineptitude and Weakness

Commentary Even when the issues are terrorism and the threat of nuclear war (in the Middle East and Europe), elite media chatter and posturing by well-coiffed diplomats steer Biden administration policy—in Biden-speak chatter and posturing translating into the sacred word “perception.” Slow Joe made that boggling admission himself, his global confession wrapped in a superpower…


Dealing With the Iranian Devil

Commentary When one sits down to make a deal with the devil, it is the devil who usually wins. That’s because he is “crafty,” as the book of Genesis describes him. The United States and Iran appear on the cusp of a deal that President Biden and his diplomats claim will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon in…


China Implicated in Iran’s Global Money Laundering

News Analysis China is implicated in Iran’s international money laundering system, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. The Journal “reviewed financial transactions for scores of Iranian proxy companies in 61 accounts at 28 foreign banks in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates totaling several hundred million dollars,”…


UK–U.S. National Jailed in Iran Moved to Tehran Hotel

A British–U.S.–Iranian national who was returned to an Iranian prison two days after being released has now been moved to a hotel in Tehran, the UK government confirmed. A family member said the tri-national has gone on hunger strike. Morad Tahbaz, a 66-year-old wildlife conservationist held in Iran since January 2018, was taken from his Tehran…