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Iran

Aug 2016

U.S. Navy fired warning shots at Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat

John Sexton Aug 25, 2016 5:21 PM

“At one point, the Iranian boat came within 200 yards of one of the US Navy boats.”

State Department won’t confirm details of $1.3 billion payment to Iran despite it being found on a government website

John Sexton Aug 23, 2016 9:21 PM

“This stuff keeps coming out, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip.”

State Dept: It’s unsafe to travel to Iran because they might hold you hostage

Larry O'Connor Aug 23, 2016 12:01 PM

The fruits of paying ransom.

Hyperspin: White House backs away from admission $400 million in cash was used as ‘leverage’ (Update)

John Sexton Aug 22, 2016 6:01 PM

“Well, that’s not a word that I’ve used…”

Obama administration unable to explain previous denials of a link between cash release and prisoners

John Sexton Aug 19, 2016 7:21 PM

An exercise in missing the point.

State spox: You’re damned right we ordered the Code Ransom

Ed Morrissey Aug 19, 2016 11:21 AM

“This was Iran’s money.”

State Department: Yes, that $400 million not-a-ransom to Iran was contingent upon releasing U.S. prisoners

Allahpundit Aug 18, 2016 4:41 PM

Ransom.

WSJ: U.S. held cash plane until prisoners left Iran

John Sexton Aug 17, 2016 7:01 PM

“U.S. officials have said that the prisoner release and cash transfer took place through two separate diplomatic channels.”

Great Game Over: Russia launching attacks from Iran to defend Assad regime

Ed Morrissey Aug 17, 2016 4:01 PM

“A big effing deal”?

WSJ: Top nat-sec official at DoJ objected to Iran payment as a “ransom”

Ed Morrissey Aug 12, 2016 3:21 PM

Perceptions.

State Department refuses to say when cash plane landed in Iran

John Sexton Aug 10, 2016 9:21 PM

“Am I ever going to get an answer to the question about the planes?”

Ahmadinejad asks Obama if he can do him a solid

Jazz Shaw Aug 09, 2016 8:01 AM

Help a brother out

Did Hillary e-mails get CIA source in Iran killed? Another view

Ed Morrissey Aug 08, 2016 8:01 AM

Or did the Iranians know all along?

Video: Ollie North nails Obama on Iran ransom deal… and he should know!

Larry O'Connor Aug 08, 2016 7:21 AM

It’s the lies, stupid.

Is this man the first to die because of Hillary’s email scheme?

Larry O'Connor Aug 08, 2016 6:41 AM

“That goes to show just how reckless and careless her decision was to put that kind of highly classified information on a private server.”

Trump corrects himself on airplane video

John Sexton Aug 05, 2016 6:41 PM

A correction.

Evidence Iran saw the $400 million cash payment as ransom

John Sexton Aug 05, 2016 4:01 PM

“This money was returned for the freedom of the U.S. spy…”

Obama: Israel loves the Iran deal now! Israel: Say what?

Ed Morrissey Aug 05, 2016 2:41 PM

IDF: You mean Munich II – Iranian Boogaloo?

Released Prisoner: Iranians said we couldn’t leave until another plane arrived

John Sexton Aug 04, 2016 8:41 PM

Ransom?

“Top secret”: Trump claims there’s an Iranian propaganda tape of the U.S. hostage ransom payment

Allahpundit Aug 04, 2016 2:41 PM

“I don’t think you’ve heard this anywhere but here.”

Some DOJ officials objected to timing of cash haul to Iran

John Sexton Aug 03, 2016 9:41 PM

“there was concern the Iranians probably did consider it a ransom payment…”

Bombshell: Iranian regime releases US prisoners after Obama Administration delivered $400 million

Larry O'Connor Aug 03, 2016 6:41 AM

The cash arrived in Tehran’ on the same day the Americans departed.

Jul 2016

German Intelligence: Iran still seeking to procure nuclear, missile technology

John Sexton Jul 07, 2016 1:21 PM

“the report identified more than 1,000 associates of Iranian-backed terror groups living in Germany…”

Jun 2016

Navy investigation faults U.S. crew and Iranians in capture of 2 U.S. boats

John Sexton Jun 30, 2016 1:21 PM

“I didn’t want to start a war with Iran.”

Great news: US boosts military spending … in Iran

Ed Morrissey Jun 10, 2016 2:41 PM

Dupes.

Hillary’s foreign policy speech: Trump is dangerously unfit for office

Allahpundit Jun 02, 2016 8:41 PM

“I’ll leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants.”

May 2016

Huh: Obama’s job approval reaches 51%, highest of his second term

Allahpundit May 24, 2016 8:41 PM

Incumbency.

Great news: President Hillary plans to use Obama’s Iran playbook for our relations with North Korea

Jazz Shaw May 18, 2016 2:01 PM

What could possibly go wrong?

Report: Iranian seizure of U.S. Sailors involved violations of international law

John Sexton May 16, 2016 10:01 PM

“Iran’s treatment of the U.S. sailors…may have been much worse than what has been publicly reported.”

Hmmm: Navy “fires” commander of sailors captured by Iran

Ed Morrissey May 13, 2016 12:41 PM

Pour encourager les âutres.

Russia: Say goodbye to OPEC

Ed Morrissey May 10, 2016 10:01 AM

Every nation for itself.

Should the government stop Boeing from selling planes to Iran?

Jazz Shaw May 04, 2016 4:31 PM

Fly the unfriendly skies

Apr 2016

Obama: We could “destroy North Korea,” but instead we’ll build a missile shield

Ed Morrissey Apr 26, 2016 10:41 AM

Amid the banalities, a sign of strength?

Supreme Court: U.S. victims of terrorism can collect from Iran

John Sexton Apr 20, 2016 3:31 PM

Strange bedfellows.

Mar 2016

Oh, wonderful: IAEA says Iran deal prevents them from reporting violations in the agreement

Matt Vespa Mar 10, 2016 6:41 PM

Leverage.

White House: Hey, Iran will probably violate the nuclear agreement but #YOLO, or something

Ed Morrissey Mar 08, 2016 5:01 PM

Still not Peak Clownshoe?

Feb 2016

SecDef: Man, Russia’s going to regret their Syrian strategy, eventually

Ed Morrissey Feb 17, 2016 10:01 PM

“We’ll remember who contributed and who didn’t.”

Israel: The Arab nuclear-arms race has begun

Ed Morrissey Feb 15, 2016 8:41 PM

“They are not willing to sit quietly with Iran on brink of a nuclear or atomic bomb.”

Hmmm: Satellite photos show Iranian work on Parchin during and after agreement

Ed Morrissey Feb 08, 2016 4:01 PM

Precedented.

Jan 2016

Italian officials cover up nude statues for visiting Iranian president

Jazz Shaw Jan 26, 2016 6:01 PM

New business frontiers

Obama: Golly, Sanders is kind of a one-note guy

Ed Morrissey Jan 25, 2016 12:01 PM

Endorsements.

Kerry: Sure, some of the money we’re paying Iran will go toward terrorism

Ed Morrissey Jan 21, 2016 8:01 PM

Picky, picky.

CBS: Obama administration shocked that Iran still pursuing Americans as hostages

Ed Morrissey Jan 19, 2016 12:41 PM

Hope and change.

Iran attempted last-minute hostage-taking in prisoner swap

Ed Morrissey Jan 19, 2016 8:41 AM

Trustworthy.