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Local View / Checkmate: Iran seems to know the right moves

From the column: "Iran’s hate of the U.S. didn’t just drop out of the sky."

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon

World

Iran launches drone attack at Israel, expected to unfold over hours

Iran has vowed retaliation for what it called an Israeli strike on its Damascus consulate and said its strike was a punishment for "Israeli crimes."

Apr 13, 2024

Columns

Point/Counterpoint: On foreign policy, President Biden earns a D at midpoint of first term

From the column: "The country (is) ill-prepared to face ... myriad threats. ... The job of any president includes many roles, but guarding the safety and security of the republic is paramount."

Jan 22, 2023

Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012, a day before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

World

Smoke, gunfire at Tehran jail holding political prisoners, dual nationals

The prison mostly holds detainees facing security charges, including Iranians with dual nationality. It has long been criticized by Western rights groups and it was blacklisted by the U.S. government in 2018 for "serious human rights abuses."

Oct 15, 2022

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National View: Appeasing Iran regarding nukes would be a mistake

From the column: "If we sign the deal currently under consideration, we would fill the Iranian regime’s coffers and unleash its terror battalions in exchange for empty assurances on nuclear weapons that the Iranians will never honor. We know Iran won’t honor this nuclear deal because it didn’t honor it last time."

Jun 11, 2022

By Tom Cotton

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National View: Trump's withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal a disaster

From the column: "(It) unleashed Iran’s nuclear program rather than containing it. This policy failure should not politically bind the Biden administration — it should give the president more ammunition to end a dangerous standoff and re-enter the nuclear agreement."

Jun 11, 2022

By Paul D. Eaton

Columns

National View: Team Biden must stop Russia from earning billions under a new Iran deal

President Biden must reverse course and block Russia from gaining financially under a renewed nuclear accord.

May 7, 2022

By Andrea Stricker

Iranian women read the Quran in the shrine of Abdol-Azim, during the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran

World

Politics, not substance, seen guiding U.S. and Iran on terror listing

The United States and Iran have been engaged it fitful, indirect talks for more than a year on reviving the 2015 deal under which Iran limited its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.

Apr 11, 2022

By Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi / Reuters

World

Iran says U.S. has to make decision on reviving nuclear deal

After 10 months of talks in Vienna, progress has been made toward the restoration of the pact to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, but both Tehran and Washington have cautioned that still there are some significant differences to overcome.

Mar 14, 2022

By Parisa Hafezi / Reuters

Iran's Revolutionary Guards take responsibility for attack on Erbil - Iran state media

World

Iran attacks Iraq's Erbil with missiles in warning to US, allies

The missiles came down in areas near a new U.S. consulate building, according to Kurdish officials. U.S. officials said no Americans were hurt and nor were U.S. facilities hit. Kurdish authorities said only one civilian was hurt and no one killed.

Mar 13, 2022

By Amina Ismail and John Davison / Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna

World

Iran top diplomat says US must show goodwill gesture for direct talks

Reuters reported on Thursday that a U.S.-Iranian deal is taking shape in Vienna after months of indirect talks to revive the nuclear pact. The draft text of the agreement alluded to other measures, including unfreezing billions of Iranian funds in South Korean banks and the release of Western prisoners held in Iran, Reuters reported.

Feb 19, 2022

By Parisa Hafezi / Reuters