Al Monitor reported today that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, publicly rejected the idea that engagement with the West in nuclear talks could lead to any closer relations with the United States. Speaking to foreign diplomats as well as officials form Iran’s foreign ministry, Khamenei said that engagement with...

Senior Iranian officials including a top aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday boasted that Tehran had supplied Hamas with military aid to use against Israel. The comments, conveyed by the officials on Arabic-language television, are the latest in a series of provocative comments from Iranian officials, who...

Administration officials testifying on Capitol Hill Tuesday were met with what The New York Times described as “a wall of skepticism” from lawmakers pushing for a greater role in negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 global powers. Lawmakers have for months backed increased economic sanctions on Tehran, and have this...

The Guardian reported today that Iran arrested The Washington Post‘s Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, his wife, and two other journalists this week. Iranian judicial offficials confirmed on Friday that Jason Rezaian, who holds dual US and Iranian citizenship, had been detained and is under investigation. … The US reporter and...

Boeing this week disclosed that it had reached an agreement with Iran to provide airplane parts to the state-owned Iran Air, according to reports published Thursday citing the company’s regulatory filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Both Boeing and General Electric had earlier this year received licenses from the...

In the wake of the agreement to extend the P5+1’s nuclear talks with Iran for four months, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) published a paper (.pdf) Tuesday outlining five principles for ensuring a successful deal: 1. Sufficient response time in case of violations. 2. A nuclear program meeting...