Iran vows not to capitulate to U.S. pressure

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stepped up his combative' rhetoric against the United States. In an address that was broadcast live by Iranian state television, President Rouhani vowed that the Islamic…

U.S.-Iran stand-off threatens regional stability

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan confirmed reports of discussions taking place about the possible deployment of additional American troops to the Middle East. During a meeting with Vietnamese…

Trump: open to normalizing relations with Iran

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, which U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton announced its deployment to the Middle East earlier this week, was cited transiting through the Suez…

U.S.: Israeli-Palestinian status quo “unsustainable”

White House senior Adviser Jared Kushner has warned that the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict is getting more and more unsustainable, a reality that demands concrete and realistic breakthroughs. During a Q&A…