The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported that that the Pentagon’s criminal investigation arm is probing allegations that Anham FZCO, a Dubai- and Virginia-based company awarded an estimated $8.1 billion contract to supply troops inside Afghanistan, has been moving some of its supplies through Iran. The investigation was triggered by a previous Journal article, published in September, which...

News reports Monday deepened concerns that both of the Obama administration’s central claims about sanctions relief provided to Iran under the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) – specifically, that the relief would be worth only $7 billion and that so-called “core sanctions” would still be effective – may prove difficult...

The Hill reported mid-Sunday that leading Senate Democrats are doubling down on a bipartisan push to impose sanctions on Iran should the Islamic republic either cheat on the terms of the Joint Plan of Action during an upcoming six-month negotiating period or, at the end of that period, refuse to verifiably put...

Reports emerged on Sunday that Secretary of State John Kerry is set to present a framework agreement to Israeli and Palestinian negotiators designed to balance Palestinian demands for sovereignty with Israeli security requirements, amid revelations that direct peace talks were suspended after Palestinians rejected previous U.S. proposals for security arrangements along the...

A corruption probe involving some of Turkey’s top figures has engulfed officials at a Turkish bank long linked to Iranian sanctions-busting schemes, adding a potential international dimension to a scandal that was already threatening to destabilize the country’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government. The probe has pitted rival Islamist camps against...

A potential showdown between the White House and Congress over sanctions on Iran is refocusing attention on tensions within the Obama administration’s opposition to imposing new financial pressure on the Islamic republic. Journalists and analysts had very early begun to question the White House’s stance that while past sanctions had...