Iran is marking the 36th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution with massive state-sponsored rallies. State television aired scenes from the rallies in Tehran and around the country on February 11, showing participants chanting (Persian link) “down with the U.S.”, “death to America” and “death to Israel.” On February 11, 1979, followers...

A bipartisan bill was introduced to the House of Representatives yesterday that would make the largest free trade agreement in history, between the United States and the European Union, contingent on the EU rejecting the anti-Israel boycott movement. The Times of Israel reports: The bill, which has been worked on for...

Irina Bokova, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will not include a Palestinian poster collection in the organization’s  Memory of the World Register, The Times of Israel reported yesterday. Though an advisory board has recommended inclusion  of the collection, “[a]s director general, Bokova has...

In another indication that talks have yet to produce significant Iranian concessions, State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki asserted Monday that the March 24 deadline to reach a political framework with Iran over its nuclear program was merely a “goal” and not a deadline. In November of last year, State Department...

In a speech yesterday before Iranian air force commanders, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the idea of a political framework, which both Iran and the P5+1 nations agreed to when they extended the Joint Plan of Action this past November. According to a translation of Khamenei’s speech he said:...

Iran sought to block a condemnation of Syria for using chemical weapons at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Colum Lynch of Foreign Policy reported Wednesday. According to Lynch: Iran tried to block a move by the United States and Russia to present a mildly worded statement to...