Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was arrested last July, will stand trial for espionage, CNN reported Monday. The Iranian-American will be tried soon on espionage, Tehran’s chief justice said. He is accused of economic spying, the Post reported, citing Iranian state media. The Washington Post did not mince words...

In a reversal of the administration’s longstanding objections to congressional oversight of an emerging deal over Iran’s nuclear program, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today that President Barack Obama would sign a compromise Senate bill that was unanimously passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier today. Defense News reports:...

The Iran Task Force, a “group of former government officials and nuclear, legal, and sanctions experts” issued a statement today supporting a “decisive” role for Congress in affirming any nuclear deal with Iran agreed to by the White House. We support bipartisan efforts to give Congress a decisive role in...

The framework announced by Iran and the global P5+1 powers at Lausanne last week contains significant weaknesses that leading scientists warned over the weekend will be ignored “at the peril of regional security and peace,” marking the latest in what has become a string of warnings from top nuclear experts...

Iran’s election to the top post in UN Women raises questions if Iran’s candidacy was enabled by the West’s concern not to upset the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, the watchdog group, UN Watch charged Monday. Hillel Neuer the executive director of UN Watch said: “By elevating Iran to a...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi approved (Arabic link) a new law that could impose a maximum penalty of life in jail for anyone convicted of digging smuggling tunnels under the Egyptian border with Gaza. The sentence also targets anybody who uses the tunnels, has contact with foreign parties connected to the...