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UN 'Gender Equality' Body Hands Iran a Symbolic Leadership Role

The United Nations’ body dedicated to “gender equality and the advancement of women” this week handed the Iranian regime a seat on a committee with a key role in evaluating “injustice and discriminatory...

CBS Touts ‘Festive Atmosphere’ as Iran Marks Anniversary of Revolution

On Monday, CBS This Morning took time to mark the 40th anniversary of Iran’s brutal Islamic regime seizing power. Rather than point out four decades of human rights abuses, including the taking of American...

Security Expert: Iran-Backed Parties in Iraq ‘Are Now in Charge, and They’re Asking For the Immediate Exit of Americans’

Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Pregent noted recently that Iran-backed parties are “in charge” in Iraq following elections last year, “and they’re asking for the immediate exit of Americans.”...

Joe Scarborough Says Trump Wants War With Iran

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is not a foreign policy genius, but he attempts to play one on TV.  Less than one week after saying that Trump was turning over Syria to the Russians and the Iranians, the Morning...

CIA Chief: Iranians ‘Are Making Some Preparations That Would Increase Their Ability’ to Resume Nuclear Activities

Asked a “yes or no” question on whether Iran was abiding by the nuclear deal, CIA Director Gina Haspel this week gave a senator a more considered response, saying among other things that the regime...

Joe Lieberman: Asking Pentagon For Strike Options Against Iran ‘Very Reasonable and Rational Thing’ to Do

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to comment Sunday on claims that the White House National Security Council asked the Pentagon last fall for options for a military strike against Iran, but former...

John Bolton Says Any Country in Doubt of US Support for Israel’s Self-Defense ‘Better Think About it Again’

National Security Advisor John Bolton, speaking in Jerusalem Sunday about Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, assured Israel of the administration’s unequivocal support for its right...

Trump: US Troops to Remain in Iraq, to Prevent ISIS Resurgence and ‘Watch Over Iran’

Addressing troops in Iraq on Wednesday, President Trump said the U.S. military presence in the country would continue beyond the Syria withdrawal, “to prevent an ISIS resurgence and to protect U.S. interests”...

Farrakhan to Trump: Your Mideast Policies, Not Iranian Chants, Will Lead to War And ‘End America As You Know It’

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, continuing his controversial visit to Iran Thursday, warned President Trump that U.S. policies in the Middle East, at the behest of Israel, “will end America as...

Pompeo: Iran Sanctions ‘Apply to Those Who Conduct Sanctionable Transactions’

The Trump administration is set to re-impose sanctions on Iran this week.

Farrakhan Tells Iranian Audience They Can be Victorious Over ‘Great Satan’

Visiting Iran on the eve of the reimposition of U.S. sanctions, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told students that if they persevere, they can be victorious over the foe they call “the Great Satan.”

CBS Paints Iran as Victim of ‘Bullying and Belligerent United States’

Reporting from Tehran for Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, correspondent Elizabeth Palmer bemoaned how new economic sanctions “have begun to bite” in Iran in the wake of the Trump administration withdrawing...

Honoring Military Personnel Killed in 1983 Hezbollah Terrorist Bombing, Trump Says ‘We Are Doing a Big Number on Iran Today’

President Trump paid tribute Thursday to the U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Beirut 35 years ago, and won sustained applause from gathered families, veterans and commanders...