Former congressman and U.S. ambassador to Tanzania Mark Green called on the international community to pay greater attention to Iran’s ongoing human rights violations in an op-ed published Thursday in The Hill. Green argued that Iran will never be able to “realize its full potential” in the wake of the nuclear deal...

The commander of Iran’s Basij militia said that the $1.7 billion the United States agreed to pay Iran to settle outstanding debts was a ransom for the release of five American hostages over the weekend, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. “This money was returned for the freedom of...

Israeli authorities announced that they dismantled a cell of the Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah, which was operating in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem under the direction of Jawad Nasrallah, son of the terrorist group’s leader, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The ringleader of the cell was...

As the Syrian village of Madaya continues to be under siege by the forces of Iran-backed dictator Bashar al-Assad, with nearly two dozen people dead from starvation, the hunger problems continue to worsen throughout the country. One in three Syrians doesn’t have adequate access to food, NPR reported Tuesday. This food insecurity is caused by civilians surrounded...

Robert Gates, the first secretary of defense under President Barack Obama, said that the idea that Iran will moderate its aggressive behavior in the Middle East as a result of the nuclear deal “is mistaken,” Armin Rosen of Business Insider reported on Wednesday. “My view is that the belief that Iran over...

State Department Spokesman John Kirby was questioned during a press briefing on Tuesday about the timing of recent critical remarks made by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. The Associated Press’ diplomatic correspondent Matt Lee asked whether comments by Shapiro, who suggested that Israel let some “vigilantism” by its nationals...