Tag Archive for "Trump"

Over 70 retired military leaders sign letter urging Trump against war with Iran
By Sebastian Clark on May 25, 2021
More than 70 retired military leaders wrote an open letter to President Trump urging him to avoid war with Iran. The former Armed Forces leaders advised Trump in...
‘Iran will see the end of Trump,’ foreign minister says during Pakistan visit
By Sebastian Clark on May 25, 2021
Iran’s foreign minister lashed out at President Donald Trump on Friday during a critically timed visit to Pakistan amid a simmering crisis between Tehran and...
Zarif addresses Trump in tweet criticizing Bolton’s policies twoards Iran
By Sebastian Clark on May 13, 2021
In a tweet on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addressed the US president Donald Trump censuring the plans of John Bolton and his...
Iran’s Zarif derides Trump over North Korea summit failure
By Sebastian Clark on March 2, 2022
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif mocked U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday over the collapse of a summit on North Korean denuclearization, vowing Washington...
Trump claims he’s thwarting Iran. He’s not.
By Sebastian Clark on February 6, 2022
During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that his decision to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal and...
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
By Sebastian Clark on February 5, 2022
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to maintain a US military presence there to watch Iran. Mr...
US intel assessment suggests Trump’s Iran policy not working
By Sebastian Clark on January 30, 2022
Top US intelligence officials, in a new “Worldwide Threat Assessment” to Congress, offered several judgments on Iran that seem to cast doubt on the effectiveness...
Trump statement on Saudi role in Khashoggi case ‘shameful’: Iran
By Sebastian Clark on November 21, 2021
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday it was “shameful” that U.S. President Donald Trump had pledged support for Saudi Arabia despite the...
Trump’s economic war on Iran is doomed to failure
By Sebastian Clark on November 17, 2021
By Richard Dalton, The Guardian The US has declared economic war on Iran: after having pulled out of the UN security council-endorsed nuclear deal in May, the...
Trump’s decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran only isolates Washington
By Sebastian Clark on November 11, 2021
Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association says that “Trump’s decision to violate the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions only isolates...
Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ project is doomed | Opinion
By Sebastian Clark on October 17, 2021
By SEYED HOSSEIN MOUSAVIAN With the stated aim of containing “Iran’s malign behavior” and bringing “stability to the region,” the Trump administration has proposed a collective...
Oil could soar to $100 as Trump shuts Iran out of the market
By Sebastian Clark on October 10, 2021
Less than a month before another round of US sanctions against Iran take effect, analysts say hundred-dollar oil could be on the horizon. The Trump...
Citing U.S. sanctions, Iranian president says he has no plans to meet Trump
By Sebastian Clark on September 25, 2021
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told NBC News Monday that he had no plans to meet President Donald Trump during his visit to New York, saying...
Trump’s Iran policy counterproductive, say 50+ former senior officials
By Sebastian Clark on September 24, 2021
More than 50 former senior officials and national security experts have urged the Trump administration to change course on Iran, warning that the current approach...
May says she disagrees with Trump, Iran is honoring nuke deal
By Sebastian Clark on September 24, 2021
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Iran has honored the multilateral agreement to limit its nuclear weapons program and said the deal should remain in place,...
The world won’t support Trump’s Iran policy
By Sebastian Clark on September 22, 2021
By Tom Rogan, WashingtonExaminer The Trump administration will not succeed in unifying the world around its Iran policy. President Trump, however, seems to believe otherwise....
Iran: Trump administration a ‘real threat’ to Middle East
By Sebastian Clark on September 22, 2021
Iran’s foreign minister has urged the US to “start acting like a normal state.” Tensions have risen between the two nations after President Trump abandoned...
Kerry says Trump’s Iran strategy ‘very dangerous and ill-advised’
By Sebastian Clark on September 10, 2021
Former Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year was...
Iran Foreign Minister Zarif to Trump Administration: ‘Make Up Your Mind’
By Sebastian Clark on September 9, 2021
Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, criticized the administration of US President Donald Trump for its inconsistent behavior, after US Secretary...
How Europe plans to skirt Trump’s sanctions and keep doing business with Iran
By Sebastian Clark on September 5, 2021
America’s allies in Europe are plotting ways to bypass President Donald Trump’s sanctions on Iran as they work to keep the nuclear deal alive without the United...