September 3rd, 20200Seventy-five years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing an end to World War II and sounding a warning about the devastating power of nuclear weapons.
Remarkably, we have managed to avoid using these weapons in warfare again. But nuclear arms still present an existential threat and it is...
May 8th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplies.
Trump said in a televised address from the White House that he would reimpose U.S....
May 4th, 20181By Jake Johnson
"How can this hypocrisy continue, with Israel having hundreds of nuclear weapons, no inspections and no adherence to any nuclear treaty calling out Iran on nuclear weapons?" - Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit the U.S. media circuit on Tuesday to...
May 4th, 20180By Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of lying "big time" about its nuclear program. In a theatrical announcement Monday, the Israeli prime minister presented files and CDs that he claimed show Tehran hid secret nuclear plans after signing the multinational 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...
May 4th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — With 10 days to go until a deadline for President Trump to decide whether to keep the United States in the Iranian nuclear agreement, public backing for the deal matched a record high in a nationwide poll that also shows net support at its highest level.
A Morning Consult/Politico survey — conducted online April...
May 1st, 20180TEL AVIV — Israel said on Tuesday it does not seek war with Iran, a day after presenting purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work, but suggested President Trump backed its latest attempt to kill a deal aimed at curbing Iran’s atomic ambitions.
A senior Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had...
April 24th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. ― President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran, as Trump considers whether to ditch an international accord meant to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
At a joint news conference after lengthy talks, Trump did not repeat threats to...
March 9th, 20180TEHRAN/PARIS — Iran will not negotiate with the West over its presence in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, a few days after France's visiting foreign minister sought to raise Tehran's role in regional conflicts.
Jean-Yves Le Drian flew to Tehran on Monday with a brief to reaffirm European...
March 2nd, 20180MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin announced an array of new nuclear weapons on Thursday, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.
Putin was speaking ahead of an election on March 18 that polls indicate he should win easily. He said a...
