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Calling the recently announced Joint Comprehensive Plan for Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 powers “historic … for all the wrong reasons,” Rep. Juan Vargas (D – Calif.), who until this year served on the House Foreign Affairs Commitee, wrote that he will vote against the nuclear agreement in...

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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) solidifies Iran’s nuclear weapons program and allows Iran to build “ballistic missiles that could accurately deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the Middle East, Europe, or even the United States,” Michael Makovsky, CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) and...

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The island nation of Bahrain, a United States ally on the Persian Gulf, recalled its ambassador to Tehran over the weekend in response to a foiled Iran-backed terror plot, the third in the last two months. Ties between the two countries were already strained after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tweeted a graphic depicting President Barack Obama holding a gun to his head and featuring a quote calling the United Stated “aggressive and criminal,” USA Today reported Saturday. “US president has said he could knock out Iran’s military. We welcome no war, nor do...

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Iran will not be obligated to account for all of its past nuclear work under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leading “a number of lawmakers to conclude the U.S. and world powers will never get to the bottom of the country’s alleged efforts to build an atomic weapon,”...

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A central claim in support of the nuclear deal with Iran has been that the heavy sanctions that have been placed on Iran will, under the terms of the deal, “snap back” in the event of Iranian violations. The White House has been explicit on this point, declaring on multiple occasions that...

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