The State Department acknowledged that the nuclear deal with Iran is not a binding agreement, but rather a set of “political commitments,” the National Review reported Wednesday. The admission was made in response to an inquiry from Rep. Mike Pompeo (R – Kan.). “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is...

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The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015, which passed the Senate unanimously last week, would strengthen the United States’ ability to clamp down on the Iranian-backed terrorist group’s illicit financing activities if it’s signed into law, Tyler Stapleton, a deputy director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote in a...

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Sunday’s triumph of Mauricio Macri in Argentina’s presidential runoff election against government candidate Daniel Scioli marks a sea change in Argentine politics. Macri’s victory puts an end to twelve years of “Kirchnerism” in Argentina – a colorful blend of traditional Peronist power politics at home and alliances with repressive regimes...

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A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary has announced that Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was arrested by Iranian authorities in July 2014, was sentenced to prison, Reuters reported Sunday. No details were given regarding the length of his prison term. Rezaian’s lawyer, Leila Ahsan, confirmed that her client was...

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The Israeli intelligence community estimates that over 55 Iranians have died fighting for the regime of dictator Syrian Bashar al-Assad, a toll that has undermined domestic Iranian support for continued intervention in Syria, Reuters reported Friday. Speaking to Reuters, a senior Israeli military officer cited Israeli intelligence findings that “55-plus”...

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Sanctions imposed on Iran for violations of the nuclear deal should be used to pay damages to American victims of Iranian-sponsored terror, Daniel Miller, a survivor of a 1997 terror attack in Jerusalem, wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Orlando Sentinel. According to a prepared testimony (.pdf) that Miller presented at...

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The latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran’s nuclear program raises concerns about the U.N. watchdog’s ability to verify Tehran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, according to an analysis (.pdf) published by the Institute for Science and International Security on Wednesday. The institute reviewed the process by which...

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A video produced by the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that the United States created ISIS, and is therefore responsible for last week’s terror attacks in Paris, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The video was published on a Facebook page run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s extraterritorial militia. In stilted,...

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Despite the demands of the United States and its allies, Iran is insisting that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad remain in power as part of any plan to end the Syrian civil war, “presenting a potentially fatal blow” to diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, Jay Solomon of The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The...

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The Obama administration’s failure to stop a sanctioned Iranian airline from sending weapons and personnel to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria reflects a loss of American leverage, Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote Monday in an analysis published at The Hill....

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