American and Iranian officials confirmed Monday that the Obama administration undertook an $8.6 million purchase of nuclear materials from Iran, the Washington Free Beacon reported. The taxpayer-funded deal sought to prevent Iran from violating the nuclear deal it reached with world powers last summer. “I can confirm reports that the DOE...

Iran engaged in secret efforts last year to procure nuclear-related materials that spanned at least half of Germany’s states and involved attempts to advance the Islamic Republic’s chemical and biological weapons capabilities, according to newly-released German intelligence documents examined by the Jerusalem Post. Iranian operatives targeted German manufacturers whose products could...

The House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday evening that would block Boeing’s planned sale of aircraft to Iran Air — a transaction that has drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), joined by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), pushed for two amendments to the Financial Services...

Iran’s sponsorship of terrorist groups and activities has “only increased” in the year since Tehran reached a nuclear deal with world powers, Matthew Levitt, director of the Washington Institute’s counterterrorism and intelligence program, wrote in a policy analysis published Friday. Citing promises by U.S. officials to curb Iranian aggression irrespective...

One year after it signed the nuclear deal, Iran is still attempting to secretly procure illicit nuclear technology and equipment, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency revealed last week. In its 317-page annual report, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known by its German acronym BfV, said that Iran is engaging...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein announced Tuesday that there was strong evidence that Iran-backed Shia militias had committed atrocities in the recent battle to reclaim the Iraqi city of Fallujah from ISIS. More than 900 men and boys from heavily Sunni Fallujah remain missing, and may have been...