Trump’s Lethal Landscapers
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. Some personnel news: We’re excited to welcome Sam Skove as FP’s newest staff writer! Sam joins us from Politico, where he covered space, ...
Tag: Iran
E3 Nations Begin Process to Reimpose Snapback Sanctions on Iran
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at sanctions on Iran’s nuclear activities, Hong Kong wrapping up its landmark national security trial, and accusations of Israel committing genocide in ...
Tehran’s Message to Trump: ‘Stop Listening to Bibi’
Over the last decade or so, Mohammad Javad Zarif has been the most prominent face of Iranian diplomacy. As foreign minister between 2013 and 2021, Zarif negotiated the Joint Comprehensive ...
European Countries Trigger the ‘Snapback’ of Iran Sanctions
Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on Thursday triggered the so-called snapback of U.N. sanctions on Iran, after years of talks to elicit greater cooperation and transparency over Iran’s nuclear ...
Australia Cuts Ties With Iran Over Antisemitic Attacks
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Australia accusing Iran of orchestrating antisemitic attacks, France’s looming no-confidence vote, and mass flooding in Pakistan. ‘Acts of Aggression’ Australia severed ...
Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei Demands ‘Great National Unity’ as Cracks Show in Political Establishment
Iran’s “supreme leader,” dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered a speech on Sunday demanding complete submission to his regime from the Iranian people, describing national “unity” as an “iron shield” to ...
Pentagon fires head of intel agency responsible for drafting leaked Iran bomb damage assessment
The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was fired Friday weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary bomb-damage assessment – that was leaked to the media – suggesting that ...
Report: China Meeting Its Massive Oil Demand with Illicit Shipments from Russia, Iran, Venezuela
The Financial Times (FT) on Wednesday published a report co-authored with a research group called C4ADS about a complex global network that is moving huge amounts of oil from Russia, ...
In the Middle East, a Cold War Redux?
Last spring, I had the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong. While I was there, I met with people from mainland China and discussed the gamut of issues on the ...
Intelligence Reports: Hezbollah Helping ‘Transnational Cocaine Trafficking’ in Latin America
Intelligence reports revealed an international criminal network linking Iran and its proxy Hezbollah with the Venezuelan regime’s Cartel of the Suns and Colombia’s FARC and ELN Marxist terrorist groups, Colombian ...
