Commentary The experts told us the Middle East would explode in December 2017, after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The experts similarly predicted catastrophe 15 months later, when the Trump administration recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a strategic region on Israel’s northern border previously controlled by Syria. And yet, each time…
Don’t Reward Iranian Violence by Ending Economic Sanctions
Commentary To quote the U.S. Navy’s official announcement, on May 6 the cruiser USS Monterey “seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in international waters of the North Arabian Sea.” The list of weaponry aboard the dhow included advanced Russian-made anti-tank missiles, around 3,000 Chinese assault rifles, several hundred light machine guns,…
US Military Ship Fires 30 Warning Shots After Encounter With Iranian Vessels
WASHINGTON—A U.S. Coast Guard ship fired about 30 warning shots after 13 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday. This is the second time within the last month that U.S. military vessels have had…
Senior Swiss Diplomat in Iran Found Dead After Fall From High-Rise
DUBAI—The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies. The Swiss foreign ministry (FDFA) said an employee at its embassy in Iran…
State Department Denies Reports of Iran Prisoner Swap For $7 Billion In Unfrozen Funds
The United States and Iran have both denied reports that a prisoner swap deal has reached in exchange for the release of $7 billion frozen Iranian oil funds under U.S. sanctions. A Sunday report by Iranian state television cited anonymous “informed” sources claiming that Tehran would free four Americans accused of spying in exchange for four…
Former Security Adviser: John Kerry Undermined Trump in Unapproved Iran Talks
Former Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly undercut President Donald Trump’s foreign policy towards Iran during unauthorized talks with senior Iranian officials, according to Keith Kellogg, the former chief of staff for the National Security Council under President Donald Trump. “He did it all the time,” Kellogg told Just the News when asked if Kerry sent…
John Kerry Undermined Trump in Unapproved Iran Talks, Former Security Adviser Says
Former Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly undercut President Donald Trump’s foreign policy toward Iran during unauthorized talks with senior Iranian officials, according to Keith Kellogg, the former chief of staff for the National Security Council under President Donald Trump. “He did it all the time,” Kellogg told Just the News when asked if Kerry…
US Denies Iran’s Claims of Prisoner, Cash Swap; UK Downplays
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The United States on Sunday immediately denied a report by Iranian state-run television that deals had been reached for the Islamic Republic to release U.S. and British prisoners in exchange for Tehran receiving billions of dollars. Even after an initial American denial, an anchorwoman on Iranian state TV still repeated the announcement….
Reviving Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal Means War, Not Peace
Commentary April 27 was an explosive Tuesday for the Middle East, explosive diplomatically in Vienna and Washington, but literally explosive in one incident: the drone boat attack on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea oil port of Yanbu. In Vienna, Austria, talks involving Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia resumed, with the United States participating “indirectly.”…
US Navy Fires Warning Shots on 3 Iranian Vessels After Close Encounter
The U.S. Navy on Tuesday fired warning shots toward three patrol boats with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the north Persian Gulf after a close encounter with American vessels. The United States military said in a statement that the three IRGCN speed boats moved within 68 yards of the U.S. Coast Guard…
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