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Robin Shahini at his graduation ceremony in San Diego. AP

Washington ‘Troubled’ by Sentence of American Citizen in Iran

by Heba El Koudsy | Oct 27, 2016 | World

Washington-The United States has said that it was “troubled” by Iran’s 18-year sentence of an American citizen as the State Department urged Tehran to cease arbitrary detentions. “We are troubled by reports that Robin or Reza Shahini, a person...

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ISIS fighters, AFP

State Department Appeals to Emotion to Confront ISIS

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Jul 30, 2016 | World

Washington-After trying many ways to confront ISIS’ campaigns on the internet to recruit Westerners, in particular Americans, the U.S. State Department launched a program that seeks “to appeal to emotion rather than logic” as The New York Times said on Friday. “Daesh...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference. AFP

Kerry Meets With State Dept. Dissenters Urging Action on Syria

by David Sanger | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

The New York Times By David Sanger Washington-The eight midlevel Foreign Service officers stepped into John Kerry’s formal outer office at the State Department on Tuesday — a room that few of them had ever entered before — to tell him that he was pursuing a path in...

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Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Justin Siberell in the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism testifies during a hearing on December 9, 2015. AFP

U.S. State Department: Iran is Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism

by Heba El Koudsy | Jun 4, 2016 | World

Washington-The U.S. State Department has admitted that Iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism globally, while it considered ISIS the biggest terrorist threat in the world. In its yearly Country Reports on Terrorism, the Department said terrorist attacks...

USA Warns Citizens from Traveling to Europe Fearing Terrorist Attacks

by Heba El Koudsy | Jun 1, 2016 | World

Paris-The U.S. State Department warned its citizens on Tuesday of possible summer terrorist attacks in Europe, saying targets could include the European soccer championship in France, although a State Department official said there was no specific threat information....