Iran, Donald Trump
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“Iran’s destabilizing behavior threatens the national interests of the United States, and therefore President Trump has reinstated a policy of ‘maximum pressure,’" the official said. Iran’s conduct in the Middle East and around the world ...
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates discusses the Trump administration increasing pressure on the Maduro regime and President Donald Trump's policy towards Iran on 'Fox News Live.'
Pahlavi, 65, is the exiled son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, who was ousted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ushered in the Islamic Republic. His name has been a rallying call for protests that started on December 28 and have been met by a violent crackdown that rights groups say has killed thousands.
The foreign nation, which is trying to quell growing protests among its citizens, warned it would strike back if Trump gets involved.
Marching alongside a column of protesters through the city of Borujerd in western Iran, a middle-aged woman appeared unperturbed by the blood streaming down her chin. “I am not afraid,” she called out in a video clip posted by Iran International. “I have been dead for 47 years.”
U.S. sanctions on Iran have taken a heavy toll on the country’s economy, contributing to the current protest movement.
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Vali Nasr, a professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, about how President Trump's threats against Iran are escalating regional tensions.
The ministry reported that 4,000 to 4,500 megawatts of power have been lost from the electrical system due to the halt in Iranian gas supplies. Iraq’s supply of gas from Iran has been halted, the electricity ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the ...
But ignored in his claims of wanting to help Iranians is a fact: decades of US-led sanctions against Iran, including ones that were toughened under Trump, have played a central role in the country’s economic crises that were the primary trigger for the current spate of protests.
According to an Arab diplomat familiar with the matter, several Middle Eastern allies have urged the Trump administration to delay strikes against Iran