Iran

Russia’s recent use of an Iranian air base to launch airstrikes in Syria “could very well be a violation of” the United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed last year’s nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said at a press briefing on Tuesday. When asked about a...

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The White House’s failure to ensure that the nuclear deal with Iran did not prevent the Islamic Republic from building new nuclear power plants has come under heavy fire from both Democratic and Republican politicians in the past few days. After top Iranian nuclear official Ali Salehi announced last Thursday...

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A video released last week of a man convicted of smuggling military equipment to Iran has shed new light on the activities of the Iranian national and six Iranian-Americans who were released by the U.S. as part of a deal to free several of its citizens from Iranian captivity, ABC News reported on Friday....

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A prominent Iranian ayatollah condemned the state-sponsored executions of thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 as “the biggest crime in the Islamic Republic,” according to an audio recording recently released by his family, The Guardian reported on Thursday. The publication of the recording has prompted survivors and relatives of those killed...

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Iran has improved its cyberwarfare capabilities and made significant progress in developing more advanced ballistic missiles in the year since the nuclear deal was reached, the U.S. Defense Department has determined. Iran has “a substantial inventory of missiles capable of reaching targets throughout the region, including U.S. military bases and...

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In recent weeks, Donald Trump’s attack on a Gold Star family has captured the attention of American voters. His comments reminded the country of the sacrifices endured by those who have lost loved ones in war. Sadly, many have endured similar pain in Iran, where a quiet yet tragic wave...

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