The Latest News about Iran

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) this week recognized the accomplishments and progress made by U.S. international media. The BBG—the federal agency that oversees all U.S. civilian international media—prioritizes advancing the President’s National Security Strategy, promotes democracy and freedom around the world, and pushes back on state-sponsored disinformation and extremism. CEO and Director John F. Lansing, who was hired by the board in September 2015, ...

Isreal Defense Forces released a video of an Israeli Air Force Apache Helicopter intercepting and destroying an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). On February 10, 2018, an Apache helicopter successfully intercepted an Iranian UAV that was launched from Syria and infiltrated Israel. The aircraft was identified by the Aerial Defense Systems early on and was under surveillance until the interception. ...

President Donald Trump waived nuclear sanctions against Iran in the hopes of gaining international support to fix the nuclear deal put in place by the Obama administration. “Today, I am waiving the application of certain nuclear sanctions,” Trump said in a statement. “But only in order to secure our European allies’ agreement to fix the terrible flaws of the Iran ...

Soon after Obama became president, Iran experienced the Green Revolution which was the Iranian citizens’ attempt to free themselves from the oppression of the Mullahs in that terrorist-supporting nation. But, our oh-so-sensitive and concerned President Obama ignored the pleas of the Iranian people as they were imprisoned, tortured and killed. Obama preferred a different kind of “green” and chose the ...

A concerted effort on the part of Iranian citizens rioting, backed by cyber warfare, American air-power, and Israeli counterintelligence operations, would succeed in taking down the brutal Iranian regime. The hour of truth is now. It’s time to start imagineering a post-ayatollah Iran. Over the years, I’ve written about Jewish indigenous rights to the Land of Israel, and how Israeli ...

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) Tuesday filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests aimed at bringing Obama-era flaws and secrets to light concerning Iran’s use of commercial airline flights to transport Jihadis to the battlefield in Syria. In a blog post by ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow, the ACLJ’s demands are clear: “We are demanding that four key agencies involved ...

President Donald Trump will announce his strategy on Iran from the Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House Friday afternoon. “It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that Iran’s government end its pursuit of death and destruction,” Trump is expected to say. It is widely expected that the president will choose not to recertify the ...

President Donald Trump plans to announce a new strategy on Iran Friday afternoon, but the White House has released some of the major points of his plan ahead of the speech. Trump’s strategy is a reaction to decades of Iran pursuing “a steady policy of spreading a revolutionary ideology aimed at undermining the international system and many states by force ...

The office of the White House Press Secretary released a statement indicating that President Donald Trump will sign the sanctions bill that includes resolutions against Iran, North Korea, and Russia. “President Donald J. Trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it,” the statement reads. “He has now reviewed the final version and, based on ...

The U.S. Senate passed on Thursday the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act” (H.R. 3364) which outlines sanctions against Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The measure, already passed by the House of Representatives passed the Senate by a 98-2 vote demonstrating a veto-proof majority should President Donald Trump decide to veto. But a veto is unlikely according to White House ...

Iran, a state known for sponsoring terrorism, was itself attacked by terrorists but blames the United States. Political cartoon by A.F. Branco ©2017.

I’ve always been one who wants open dialogue on all issues. I like when someone has an opposing viewpoint and comes at it honestly. Note that word “honestly.” What I mean by that is, if you have formulated your own opinion based on fact or experience then even if we are at opposite ends of the issue we should be ...

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements. Netanyahu praised Trump for his actions in Syria and then focused on Iran. “Together we can roll back Iran’s march of aggression and terror in this region,” Netanyahu said. “And we can thwart Iran’s unbridled ambition to become a nuclear weapons state.” Donald Trump made clear that Israel ...

Vladimir Medrano Rengifo, former Director General of the Venezuelan Office of Identification, Migration, and Aliens told reporters that the Maduro government issued over 10,000 Venezuelan passports to Syrian and Iranian foreign nationals. Renfigo says that the operation was headed by Vice President Tareck El Aissami who has close ties to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah according to an El Nuevo Herald report. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a dire warning in a sit-down interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Netanyahu warned that if an Islamist terror state, such as Iran, were to gain access to nuclear weapons it would use those weapons to intimidate the world. “We cannot allow that to happen,” the prime minister said. President Trump Thursday expressed his ...