Secretary of State John Kerry traveled today to the Hill to pressure Senators to delay placing additional financial restrictions on Ira, after weekend’s failed negotiations in Geneva had triggered analysis suggesting that Tehran was not yet prepared to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program. Calls quickly grew for Congress to pass...

Various theories on why last weekend’s negotiations with Iran failed to bridge differences between Tehran and the international community continue to swirl. Some new reports are pointing to Iranian demands that the West acknowledge that it has a right to enrich uranium (it doesn’t). Others continue to emphasize early leaks that had France objecting...

Secretary of State John Kerry will brief Senators tomorrow on the administration’s efforts to secure an interim agreement with Iran regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, which this weekend floundered after Iran reportedly refused to yield on demands that global powers recognize its “right” to enrich uranium. Senators have indicated that they will...

The BBC yesterday posted quotes from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif describing sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shiites as – per the outlet – “probably the most serious threat to world security.” Zarif’s assessments come a week after the BBC posted footage captured from an Iranian cameraman who had...

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom had already last May identified Iran a as “tier 1 country of particular concern,” citing among other things the case of American pastor Saeed Abedini, a Christian leader who had already been imprisoned over 200 days. News began to emerge over the...

Bloomberg reported this morning that there is renewed bipartisan momentum in the Senate to increase pressure on Iran, after the Islamic republic on Saturday refused to accept an interim agreement on its nuclear program because the deal didn’t include a Western statement recognizing that Iran has a “right” to enrich...