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...

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After successfully working with the Obama administration on changes to the country’s visa program in order to strengthen efforts to keep terrorists out of the United States, Congressional leaders are furious that the White House appears to be unraveling that law by significantly expanding exemptions to the program, seemingly at the request of...

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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that “Iran does not face any insurmountable technical barriers to producing a nuclear weapon,” directly contradicting the Obama administration’s assertion that the nuclear deal blocks all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear bomb, the Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday. Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U.S. intelligence...

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Tens of thousands of Iranians celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Thursday by marching in Tehran and chanting “Death to America and Israel.” Judging by the tone of the celebrations, “if you thought anti-American sentiment in Iran had waned after the nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions, you...

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Iranian state television on Wednesday broadcast photos and a video of an American serviceman appearing to cry after he and nine other U.S. sailors were captured by the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) last month. Tehran had previously publicized footage of the detained sailors kneeling with their hands behind their heads, as well as...

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Gershad, an Iranian crowdsourcing app designed to allow users to avoid the morality police, known as the Ershad, became a massive success almost immediately after its launch, only to be blocked by regime authorities less than a day later. The app allows users to mark where they saw an Ershad patrol on a...

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An Iran-backed Shia militia led by a designated terrorist has recently been spotted operating an American-made M1 Abrams tank, the Long War Journal reported on Monday. In a recently released video montage showcasing the various groups within the Popular Mobilization Units, a collection of Shia militias in Iraq, the flag of Kata’ib Sayyid al Shuhada...

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Islamic State operatives are traveling to the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in hospitals controlled by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday, citing Israeli authorities. “We have received authenticated reports that ISIS members in Sinai entered the Gaza Strip through tunnels in order to...

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Three members of Congress have applied for visas to visit Iran later this month to serve as volunteer monitors of Iran’s upcoming elections. Reps. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) applied for the visas at the Iranian Interests Section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, which serves as Iran’s...

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North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket over the weekend drew international condemnation, as well as growing concerns over the country’s military and nuclear cooperation with Iran. North Korean authorities announced that its satellite entered orbit ten minutes after being launched via rocket. State television said that the launch had been ordered by dictator Kim Jung Un and that...

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