Army Playing Cards Feature Iranian Weapons August 21, 2019
In a not very subtle sign of the times, the U.S. Army has produced a deck of playing cards featuring weaponry used or held by Iran in order…
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Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal: A Legal Analysis May 25, 2018
The US is no longer complying with the Iran nuclear deal and is poised to re-impose some previously lifted sanctions on Iran and its trading partners. But the legal basis…
Read moreThe Aftermath of US Withdrawal from the Iran Agreement May 11, 2018
A new report from the Congressional Research Service begins to sort through the implications and the practical consequences of the Trump Administration decision to end US compliance with…
Read moreIran: Politics, and More from CRS January 9, 2018
Has the U.S. adopted a policy of regime change towards Iran? Government officials have sent different signals at different times. In 2006, President George W. Bush called…
Read moreIran 1953 Covert History Quietly Released June 16, 2017
The Department of State yesterday released a long-suppressed volume of historical records documenting the role of the United States in the 1953 coup against the…
Read moreGarwin on Strategic Security Challenges to the US May 15, 2017
There are at least four major “strategic security challenges” that could place the United States at risk within the next decade, physicist Richard L. Garwin told the National Academy…
Read moreHistory of Iran Covert Action Deferred Indefinitely April 18, 2017
A declassified U.S. Government documentary history of the momentous 1953 coup in Iran, in which Central Intelligence Agency personnel participated, had been the object of widespread demand from historians and…
Read moreCountering the Islamic State, and More from CRS August 17, 2015
Some 60 nations and partner organizations have made commitments to help counter the Islamic State with military forces or resources, according to a new report from the Congressional…
Read moreIran Nuclear Deal: What’s Next? July 15, 2015
By Muhammad Umar, On July 14, 2015, after more than a decade of negotiations to ensure Iran only use its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, Iran and the P5+1 (US, UK,…
Read moreDept of State Delays Release of Iran History December 18, 2014
The U.S. Department of State has blocked the publication of a long-awaited documentary history of U.S. covert action in Iran in the 1950s out of concern that its release could…
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