Nuclear Deal

In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 file photo released by Tasnim News Agency, a seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf. Iranian state television acknowledged that Tehran seized the oil tanker, MT Hankuk Chemi, in the Strait of Hormuz. A South Korean diplomatic delegation arrived in Iran on Sunday to negotiate the release of a South Korean vessel seized amid an escalating financial dispute between the countries, Iranian state-run media reported.

National Security

Iran agrees to free South Korean ship crew after nearly a month of captivity

Zach Halaschak · February 2, 2021 11:15 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on economic issue in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Putin signs bill to extend New START nuclear treaty after Biden signals support

Zach Halaschak · January 29, 2021 8:18 pm

In this Feb, 11, 2019 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members arrive for a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square, in Tehran, Iran.

Beltway Confidential

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps reality that Biden must recognize

Michael Rubin · January 29, 2021 4:19 pm

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony.

Biden must heed the threat Iran poses

Sen. Joni Ernst · January 27, 2021 4:39 pm

National Security

Head of Israeli military cautions against US return to the Iran nuclear deal

Zach Halaschak · January 26, 2021 10:36 pm

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony.

Iran seizes South Korean oil tanker after announcing 20% uranium enrichment

Tyler Van Dyke · January 4, 2021 1:29 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

National Security

Iran to enrich uranium to 20% as anniversary of Soleimani killing approaches

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 5:26 pm

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with officials and industrialists, at a petroleum conference in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Iran's president on Tuesday warned the country could face "some problems" ahead of President Donald Trump's decision on whether to pull out of its nuclear deal with world powers.

Iran would comply with nuclear deal ‘within an hour’ of US rejoining: Report

Tyler Van Dyke · December 15, 2020 3:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump and Biden should tread lightly after assassination of Iranian scientist

Bonnie Kristian · December 4, 2020 12:00 pm

Iran Parliament passes bill to increase nuclear enrichment

Tyler Van Dyke · December 2, 2020 10:22 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz.

Ted Cruz slams John Brennan’s ‘bizarre’ outrage over assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist: ‘Does Joe Biden agree?’

Andrew Mark Miller · November 28, 2020 4:54 pm

Supreme leader of Iran promises revenge over killing of nuclear scientist

Haley Victory Smith · November 28, 2020 4:46 pm