US Congress to vote on four bills ramping up pressure on Tehran and Hizbollah 10/25/2017 10:45:23 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print President Trump recently announced a new tougher stance on Iran The National, Oct. 25, 2017  - The US House of Representatives will vote on four bills on Wednesday aimed at ramping up the pressure on Tehran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah. It comes a few weeks after US president Donald Trump rolled out a new strategy to counter the 'fanatical regime' of Iran and announced his decision to decertify the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. If passed, the four bills would target Iran’s ballistic missile program, pressure the Europeans to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, and impose sanctions on the Shiite militant group. Voting is expected to begin at 12pm local time (8pm UAE) on Wednesday and go on until 3pm local time. The first bill, known as the “Iran Ballistic Missiles and International...

US Congress to vote on four bills ramping up pressure on Tehran and Hizbollah 10/25/2017 10:45:23 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print President Trump recently announced a new tougher stance on Iran The National, Oct. 25, 2017  - The US House of Representatives will vote on four bills on Wednesday aimed at ramping up the pressure on Tehran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah. It comes a few weeks after US president Donald Trump rolled out a new strategy to counter the 'fanatical regime' of Iran and announced his decision to decertify the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. If passed, the four bills would target Iran’s ballistic missile program, pressure the Europeans to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, and impose sanctions on the Shiite militant group. Voting is expected to begin at 12pm local time (8pm UAE) on Wednesday and go on until 3pm local time. The first bill, known as the “Iran Ballistic Missiles and International ...

Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal, slaps sanctions on IRGC in broadside at ‘radical regime’ President Trump announced Friday he will decertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying he believes the “radical regime” has committed multiple violations of the agreement as he kicked a decision over whether to restore sanctions back to Congress. “I am announcing today that we cannot and will not make this certification,” Trump said during a speech at the White House. “We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakthrough.” Friday's announcement does not withdraw the United States from the Iran deal, which the president called “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.” But the president threatened that he could still ultimately pull out of the deal. “In the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Cong...

Republicans, Democrats Convene on Capitol Hill to Call for a Free Iran WASHINGTON, DC – During a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on Thursday titled “Iran Regime’s Threats and Rights Violations: Policy Options,” Republican and Democrat congressmen and congresswomen gathered to express their commitment to supporting the people of Iran in their quest to achieve a free Iran. Rep. Tom Garrett (R-VA), Judge Ted Poe (R-TX), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) delivered remarks at the event, hosted by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC-US) and members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Four Iranian panelists also spoke at the event. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said President Trump’s decision to “hopefully” decertify the Iran nuclear deal would present the United States with an opportunity to “press the European Union to hold Iran ...

Trump sets the stage for new policy toward Iran 10/17/2017 8:08:07 PM Iran newspapers wrote about President Trump speech by Amir Basiri Washington Examiner, October 16, 2017  - 'We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more chaos, the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout,' President Trump said during his much-anticipated Friday speech, in which he made good on his promise to decertify the nuclear pact forged between Iran and world powers in 2015. While this does not mean the end of U.S. commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA as the accord is formally known, it will entrust Congress with the responsibility to decide the next step. Proponents of the JCPOA, architects of the deal, members of the former U.S. administration, and states engaged in business contracts with the regime criticized Trump's decision. They accused him of being swayed by political and personal impuls...

Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal, slaps sanctions on IRGC in broadside at ‘radical regime’ 10/14/2017 10:31:29 PM The White House unveils new Iran strategy Fox News, Oct. 14, 2017  - President Trump announced Friday he will decertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying he believes the “radical regime” has committed multiple violations of the agreement as he kicked a decision over whether to restore sanctions back to Congress.  “I am announcing today that we cannot and will not make this certification,” Trump said during a speech at the White House. “We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakthrough.” Friday's announcement does not withdraw the United States from the Iran deal, which the president called “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.” But the president threatened that he could still ultimatel...