The provisions that the Obama administration is considering for the Visa Waiver Program, which would exempt Iranian dual nationals from having to obtain a visa when traveling to the United States, pose both a security risk and a threat to the sanctions regime in place against Tehran, according to testimony...

Global powers aiming to reach a ceasefire agreement for the conflict in Syria fell short during negotiations in Munich, but secured a limited deal for the delivery of humanitarian aid and a possible timetable for a temporary “cessation of hostilities” in a week’s time, the Associated Press reported on Friday. The agreement, which is said to be a compromise...

Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, has prohibited a senior United Nations official from leaving Gaza, the Associated Press reported Thursday. A UN source told the AP that Mahmoud Daher, the head of the World Health Organization’s Gaza office, was barred from exiting the strip due to a newly-instituted bureaucratic rule. Hamas, which has ruled...

Ambassador Stephen Mull, the White House official charged with overseeing the nuclear deal with Iran, admitted to Congress Thursday that the United States doesn’t know the exact location of the enriched uranium Iran was supposed to ship to Russia. Mull was pressed on that point by Rep. Chris Smith (R – N.J.)...

The White House’s proposed 2017 budget does not include enough money for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to support its inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Wednesday. The budget calls for nearly $191 million for the nuclear watchdog, a $5 million increase over the previous year, but less than the...

Iran did not respond to visa requests by three U.S. lawmakers who sought to travel to the Islamic Republic in order to observe its upcoming elections and inspect its nuclear facilities. Congressmen Mike Pompeo (R – Kan.), Lee Zeldin (R – N.Y.), and Frank LoBiondo (R – N.J.) said in a statement on Wednesday...