Behind the scenes of the P5+1 negotiations with Iran, France is emerging as a skeptic of the American approach to the negotiations. Specifically, France is “concerned the Obama administration … despite its assertions to the contrary wants an Iran deal at almost any price,” according to a report yesterday by...

Despite a UN report that Iran had been caught breaching international sanctions by acquiring materials for its Arak nuclear facility, a State Department spokesperson said yesterday that the public was “just going to have to trust” that Iran wasn’t in violation of last year’s Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) agreement, the terms of...

Iran has launched a “We Love Fighting Israel” social media campaign, the Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday: Thousands of Iranians are reported to have already joined the electronic movement following comments by [Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei’s outlining Iran’s goal of destroying the Jewish state. “Our people love fighting...

This week, Iran hosted a private conference attended by Shiite and some Sunni Islamic militias from surrounding Arab states, the Al-Arab newspaper reported on Thursday (Arabic link). Diplomatic sources in Tehran said that the conference was intended to rebuild Tehran’s alliance in the Middle East and develop ways to confront...

Even as he was blasting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for corruption on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran increased the organization’s budget by 50%. Bloomberg News reports that Rouhani enacted this increase even as oil prices, a primary source of Iran’s revenues, are dropping: Rouhani proposed increasing the Islamic Revolutionary...

An editorial yesterday in The Washington Post called on the government of Iran to release its reporter, Jason Rezaian, a dual American-Iranian citizen who has been held for months by authorities. The case has taken on new urgency as Rezaian was charged last week with as-yet undisclosed crimes, despite statements...