Posts Tagged: Trump Iran
Iran Faces Economic Challenges as Its Currency Plunges
The sharp decline in the value of the Iranian currency is causing upheaval in the Iranian economy, and challenging the government and the banking sector....
What Could Iran Do if Trump Pulls Out of Nuclear Deal?
President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement on May 12. Tehran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
Trump Has Let Down Israel and Saudi Arabia
After taking office in January 2017, President Trump made it a priority to reaffirm America’s commitment to its Middle East allies, most notably Israel and...
Why the Iran Nuclear Deal Is a Sham
President Donald Trump is considering whether to pull out of the nuclear deal signed with Iran by his predecessor Barack Obama. The agreement’s supporters are painting apocalyptic scenarios of Iran resuming its...
Iran Tells Trump He Would Regret Dropping Nuclear Deal
Donald Trump will regret it if he pulls out of the nuclear deal with Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, warning the US president...
Extreme Academic Voices Oppose Trump’s Iran Policy, and More
President Donald Trump is a “fascist who ... might even lead us into a new war” with Iran, raged University of California-Riverside professor Reza Aslan in February 2017. Aslan’s hyperbole...
Top Adviser to Khamenei Says Iran’s Regional Influence ‘Inevitable’
The top adviser to Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday the country's leadership had no intention of reining in its influence across the Middle...
As Iranian Minorities Join Protests, Could the US and Israel Arm Them?
JNS.org - As the anti-regime protests wind down in Iran, the White House said on January 10 that the US is “deeply concerned” about reports that Iranian authorities...
Win or Lose, Iranians Want Regime Change
JNS.org - For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not...
Iranian Protests Raise Tricky Questions for US and Saudi Policymakers
If Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s checkered foreign policy track record is anything to go by, Iran could tempt him to embark on yet...
Demonstrations in Iran Reflect the Strength of US Alliances
Sometimes, relatively minor events reflect facts of global importance. The chants in Mashhad and Tehran, “No to Palestine,” “No to Gaza and Lebanon -- Only Iran...
Betting on the Wrong Horse? US — and Iranian Hardliners — Spin Anti-Government Protests
For Iranian hardliners, the joker in the pack is what US President Donald Trump decides to do with the 2015 international agreement that put curbs...
US Leads Support for Biggest Wave of Protest in Iran Since 2009 Uprising
As anti-regime demonstrations spread to more than thirty Iranian cities on Sunday, American officials continued to express their support for the biggest grassroots challenge to the ruling...
Countering Iranian Expansion ‘Must Be Bipartisan Priority,’ Says Democratic Congressman
The Democratic congressman who initiated a letter signed by 42 of his colleagues to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson protesting Iranian interference in Syria...
