The first round of sanctions by US President Donald Trump against several ships carrying Iranian oil falls short of the “maximum pressure” policy that his administration promised, Bloomberg reports, ...

Brian Hook was affiliated with The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a U.S. government-owned think tank in Washington, D.C. During Trump's first administration, Hook was the U.S.

The first Trump administration left the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—also known as the Iran nuclear deal—in May 2018, significantly reducing the constraints on and monitoring of ...

Iran sends conciliatory signals to leaders in Davos Iranian official Zarif tells critics 'let's talk' UN nuclear watchdog says Iran pushing hard on enrichment IAEA chief Grossi says dialogue ...

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Donald Trump could blow a $30 billion hole in Iran’s economy should he return to a maximum pressure campaign on Tehran. Over the past four years, sanctions evasion and more relaxed US ...

Biden's Iran policy focused on diplomacy faces a deadlock, with rising nuclear tensions and bringing Iran's regional influence down Upon taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden promised to ...

As Iran and Russia deepened diplomatic ties on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin touted the possibility of new nuclear power units in Iran, according to Russian state news agency Tass.

Razini, 71, was one of Iran's most senior judges and survived an assassination attempt in 1998. Moghiseh, 68, has been sanctioned by the EU, the US and Canada over alleged human rights abuses.

Though the agreement, which can be extended, does not specify arms transfers between the two countries, Putin said Moscow was willing to undertake more nuclear projects on behalf of Iran.

A former CIA official pleaded guilty Friday to leaking top secret US intelligence documents about Israeli military plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, who worked for the ...