Iran said on Tuesday that its top court had confirmed a death sentence for an Iranian man accused of spying for US intelligence. Amir Rahimpour was found guilty of passing along information about Iran’s nuclear MORE
The plan, which includes a map outlining proposed new Israeli borders, provides for Israeli sovereignty over much of the Jordan Valley, a strategic area on the eastern frontier of the West Bank abutting Jordan, a MORE
The day after the missile strikes, President Donald Trump said that no American or Iraqi lives were lost because of precautions that had been taken, the dispersal of forces “and an early warning system that MORE
The New York Times has an excellent article titled, “Seven Days in January: How Trump Pushed U.S. and Iran to the Brink of War.” As the title suggests, the article is about Trump’s self-created Iran MORE
Cable news carried a distinct 2003 vibe this week, with Bush administration officials blanketing the airwaves to make the case for an attack in Iraq. The same Bush hawks Donald Trump has frequently eviscerated for MORE
The iron grip the United States maintains over the global financial system – and its propensity to use that power to promote its national interests -was reportedly at play this week after Iraq’s parliament voted MORE
On the night the U.S. assassinated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani by drone strike, the U.S. launched a similar operation to kill a top Iranian commander in Yemen, a U.S. official told The Intercept. The MORE
There has been a calibrated de-escalation of tensions between the US and Iran, after a drone strike killed General Qassem Suleimani, the second most powerful man in Iran and most influential military commander in the region. MORE
Consider the following scenario: A Washington, DC–based, tax-exempt organization that bills itself as a think tank dedicated to the enhancement of a foreign country’s reputation within the United States, funded by billionaires closely aligned with MORE
‘Human error’ blamed as admission comes after initial denials were contradicted by western allies’ intelligence. Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft. But then the US and Canada, citing intelligence, MORE
“We are announcing additional sanctions on the Iranian regime as a result of the attack on U.S. and allied troops. Today’s sanctions are part of our commitment to stop the Iranian regime’s global terrorist activities.” MORE
In recent days, as the U.S. killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iran fired back with a missile barrage in Iraq, Gulf Arab states and Israel were expressing second thoughts about what they’d helped unleash. MORE
The president’s suggestion came one day after he issued a vague call for more NATO involvement in the Middle East. In an unrelated event at the White House on Thursday, Trump discussed his phone call the MORE
Vice President Mike Pence responded Thursday to lawmakers, including Republicans, who lamented the lack of information shared by the Trump administration during classified congressional briefings on the killing of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, saying MORE
After his bigly, fact free speech addressing the nation on Iran firing missiles at US military airbases in Iraq, “two rockets landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, home of the US Embassy in Iraq, MORE