A series of recent statements from top Iranian military and political figures – up to and including a fiery speech by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that included denunciations of “Satan and the satanic front” – has generated concerns among analysts that Tehran may refuse to make further concessions in...

Various outlets and aggregators late last week carried public reports about a string of Hamas rallies in what has until recently been the Fatah-dominated West Bank, as concerns deepened that an impending unity agreement between the two traditional Palestinian rivals would allow Hamas to halt a year-long downward spiral by...

The State Department was pressed on Tuesday over mounting evidence that Iranian crude export violations – in which the Iranians have for the last six months exceeded the cap of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) set by the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) – will not be balanced...

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday revealed that it had obtained evidence indicating that Iran “has kept active and intact its core team of weaponization researchers” as international criticism deepened over what appears to be a deliberate campaign by Tehran to skirt core obligations regarding the disclosure of possible military...

The Washington Post late last week carried calls from a bipartisan group of veteran diplomats and analysts – Eric Edelman, Dennis Ross, and Ray Takeyh, respectively a former undersecretary of defense during the George W. Bush administration, a special assistant to President Obama, and a senior fellow at the Council...

The Wall Street Journal revealed on Friday that the United States is considering reopening a bilateral diplomatic channel with Iran – through which negotiations would be conducted by what the outlet described as a “secret” team: The White House secretly used this bilateral track last year to reach an interim...