by Eli Lake | Jul 20, 2017 | Opinion
Under President Barack Obama this kind of thing was routine. Since the Iran nuclear deal was reached in 2015, every few months the State Department would inform Congress that the Tehran government was in compliance. Then Donald Trump was elected president. He had...
by Adil Alsalmi | Jul 14, 2016 | World
London – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action announced in Vienna last year, if the United States failed to meet its commitments. During a ministerial meeting held on Wednesday, Rouhani said that Tehran...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2015 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi-led military action against the Houthis has averted a civil war, one that would have changed the demographics of not only Yemen but the entire region, Bahrain’s foreign minister has told Asharq Al-Awsat. “Had it not been for the...
by Amir Taheri | Sep 21, 2015 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—For over a year one story has dominated the Iranian media: settling the dispute over the nuclear project and getting sanctions lifted. Having won the presidency with the smallest margin in the lowest turnout in the history of elections in the...
by Amir Taheri | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
Within days the US Congress is to reach a decision regarding the deal that President Barack Obama claims he has made with Iran for curbing its nuclear program. Regardless of that decision, however, Obama has stated that he would use his power to make sure the deal...