The World Bank’s recently released Global Economic Prospects report shows that Iran’s economy is expected to steadily grow in the coming years, the latest analysis reinforcing what Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, described Monday as “broad agreement that Iran’s economy is showing signs of recovery and...

The White House last week released parts of the text detailing how the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) between the global P5+1 powers and Iran is to be implemented, after lawmakers and analysts spent the better part of a week expressing disbelief that the critical document would be withheld from public scrutiny...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) this week signaled that he will not permit the Senate to vote on bipartisan legislation – formally co-sponsored by 59 senators and reportedly supported by a veto-proof majority of 77 – that would impose sanctions on Iran should negotiations over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program fail. The Hill noted...

The Daily Beast yesterday conveyed statements by Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister and its top nuclear negotiator, boasting that the concessions Iran has committed to making under the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) – and more specifically, its commitments regarding its stockpile of 20% uranium – can be reversed in one day. Iran...

The erosion of American influence in the Middle East has created power vacuums which are being filled by geopolitical rivals from across the region, forcing Washington’s allies to “take matters into their own hands,” according to analysis published Wednesday in the New York Times. Michael Doran and Max Boot – senior fellows...

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer blasted the White House on Tuesday for accusing U.S. lawmakers who favor pressuring Iran of seeking to drag America into a war. “There have been some that have suggested in the White House that those folks were more interested in war than they were in the resolution...