Nuclear Deal

Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday, in Wadi al-Salam, or "Valley of Peace" cemetery, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

Iran has already proven the nuclear agreement’s uselessness

Tom Rogan · July 8, 2019 10:16 pm

This Jan. 15, 2011 photo shows the heavy water nuclear facility near Arak, 150 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country's atomic agency said Monday June 17, 2019, while also warning that Iran has the need for uranium enriched up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels.

Iran breaches nuclear deal, enriches uranium beyond limit

Zach Halaschak · July 8, 2019 1:41 pm

A view of the Grace 1 super tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar on Thursday.

Beltway Confidential

How Britain just inched closer to the US on Iran

Tom Rogan · July 7, 2019 12:30 pm

Demonstrators hold Iranian flags during a rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in solidarity with anti-government demonstrators in Iran. Iran has seen its largest anti-government protests since the disputed presidential election in 2009.

New Koch-Soros foreign policy think tank headed by Iran deal advocates

Jerry Dunleavy · July 6, 2019 4:00 am

Mullah report

Reuel Marc Gerecht · July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017.

‘Like nobody has been bitten before’: Trump issues warning over Iranian threat of uranium enrichment

Zach Halaschak · July 3, 2019 9:14 pm

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows a part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran acknowledged Monday, July 1, 2019, it had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord.

Beltway Confidential

Why the number 16.33 is critical to avoiding conflict with Iran

Tom Rogan · July 3, 2019 6:55 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks to the media during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.

National Security

Iran threatens to increase uranium enrichment ‘as much as we want’

Ellie Bufkin · July 3, 2019 7:53 am

In this Monday, June 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order to increase sanctions on Iran, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington.

‘Moment of truth’: Trump and Iran’s high-stakes game of chicken could blow up nuclear deal

Joel Gehrke · June 27, 2019 9:02 pm

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi.

Trump and Kim Jong Un are planning a third summit, South Korea confirms

Tim Pearce · June 26, 2019 3:52 pm

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Trump are shown.

Trump sanctions supreme leader of Iran

Zach Halaschak · June 24, 2019 4:28 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 5, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump barely avoided a foreign-policy own goal

Daniel DePetris · June 21, 2019 7:06 pm