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Trump administration to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group – report
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, in an unprecedented step aimed at escalating Washington’s...
By Ariane Tabatabai
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The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
In The News
A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of President Donald...
By Eric Brewer
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Upcoming Iran Sanctions: Likely Impact and Response from Iran
Press Note
On November 5, the United States will reimpose an array of powerful sanctions on the most important economic institutions in Iran, including its central bank and national oil ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg & Eric Brewer
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Trump's New Iran Strategy, Inspired By The Cold War, Calls For "Maximum Pressure"
In The News
The Trump administration is reaching back into Cold War history as it develops an increasingly aggressive strategy against Iran — one that could destabilize the regime in Tehr...
By Eric Brewer
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Tillerson calls Iran a ‘strategic threat’ in Syria, vowing to diminish its presence
Undercutting Iran’s influence in Syria has emerged as a central goal for the Trump administration as it laid out its new political and military strategy for the ongoing confli...
By Nicholas Heras
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US Defense Secretary says there is no Iranian land bridge yet
ERBIL – The US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis last Friday denied media reports that a land bridge exists between Iran and Syria through Iraq after Iranian-backed forces defeated...
By Nicholas Heras
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Nikki Haley accuses Iran of violating UN Security Council resolution
Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, on Thursday stood in front of an Iranian-made missile fired at the Riyadh airport by Houthi militants in Yemen, trying to r...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US presents evidence Iran supplied missile fired at Riyadh by Houthi rebels
The United States on Thursday publicly presented "undeniable evidence" that a missile fired by Yemeni rebels at Riyadh international airport last month was supplied by Iran. T...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump punted the Iran deal to Congress. Congress just punted it back.
When President Trump decertified the Iran nuclear deal, he was punting the question of whether it should be torn up to Congress. Congress just punted it back to him — and he’s...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The U.S. is on a collision course with Iran in the Middle East
President Trump’s assertive new strategy toward Iran is already colliding with the reality of Tehran’s vastly expanded influence in the Middle East as a result of the Islamic ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Israel willing to resort to military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, the intelligence minister said on Thursday in Japan where he is...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump’s Iran strategy: a bluster or long-term plan?
US president Donald Trump’s speech announcing a new US policy to counter the “fanatical regime” of Iran and its “sinister vision for the future” was not only short on detail b...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump de-certifies Iran nuclear deal, announces more sanctions against Iran
WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a sweeping and aggressive new policy toward Iran on Friday, saying he will not re-certify the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and calling for...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Plan Not to Certify Iranian Compliance with JCPOA
Press Note
Washington, October 11 – With President Trump slated to give a speech in which he is expected to say he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Pl...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump’s feud with Corker is bad news for his Iran deal plans
If President Trump hopes to step up pressure on Iran, he didn't do his cause much of a favor this weekend by picking a fight with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). Trump’s ire was ap...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s confusing attempt to torpedo the Iran deal, explained
President Donald Trump is expected to announce next week that he will “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal, arguing that the agreement is not in the national security interest of...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Europe’s governments look to bypass Trump to save Iranian nuclear deal
European governments fear a concerted effort to persuade Donald Trump to continue to certify the Iran nuclear deal may have failed and are now looking for other ways to try to...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Inside the plan to undo the Iran nuclear deal
Senior fellow Elizabeth Rosenberg discusses the politics around the Iran nuclear deal in Politico....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Lawmakers, activists pounce on companies flirting with Iran
Senior fellow Elizabeth Rosenberg explains why companies wouldn't rush into any business deals with Iran in Politico....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Keep Up the Pressure on Iran
Senior fellow Elizabeth Rosenberg discusses the Iranian economy after sanctions were lifted during the Iran deal in Foreign Policy....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
