The Obama administration has boosted U.S. defense ties to Israel and will close ranks with its ally against any threat from a nuclear-armed Iran, Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday ahead of a trip to Israel.
In an interview with the biggest-selling Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Biden emphasized Washingtons efforts to drum up greater international [...]
Western powers pressed for new sanctions against Iran on Thursday but China and Russia called for diplomatic negotiations as the best way to achieve a peaceful settlement of the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Neither China’s deputy U.N. ambassador Liu Zhenmin nor Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin responded directly to a proposal for a fourth round [...]
Sloppy records make it hard to tell exactly what the United States is exporting to Iran, despite sanctions meant to ensure only humanitarian goods and no military items go there, congressional investigators say.
Two Democrats - House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman of California and committee member David Scott of Georgia - sought the GAO review [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to win Brazils support on Wednesday for more sanctions against Iran and said Tehran would not talk seriously about its nuclear program until the United Nations took new action.
Clintons visit to Brasilia came as U.S. diplomats seek to persuade key U.N. Security Council members that the time had come [...]
The U.S. and Europe say they share U.N. fears that Tehran may be secretly working on developing nuclear missiles, expressing support Wednesday for new sanctions if Tehran continues to defy Security Council demands.
Amano, in a report for this week’s board meeting, expressed the possibility that Iran may be working on making a nuclear warhead, with [...]
The United States and the European Union said Wednesday that further sanctions may be the only response to Irans latest provocations in the long-running standoff over its controversial nuclear programme.
Therefore, there was “no choice” but for “further, deeper sanctions” against the Islamic republic, said Washingtons envoy to the IAEA, Glyn Davies.
Germany’s foreign minister says countries should vote against Iran when it seeks a seat later this year on the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.
Westerwelle told the council Wednesday that Iran was undeserving because it has violated many of its citizens’ human rights, including during a postelection crackdown on protesters last year.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an uphill battle as she tries to win support from a skeptical Brazil for new United Nations sanctions against Iran.
Brazil is a voting member of the U.N. Security Council and its support will be critical to convincing Iran of international solidarity on the matter.
Israel’s defense minister said Friday a nuclear-armed Iran would be unlikely to strike the Jewish state but would use its arsenal to intimidate adversaries across the Middle East.
Barak was not more explicit about the consequences of an Iranian strike, but he appeared to allude to Israeli retaliation.
The Obama administration is making a face-to-face argument to Brazil to support tough new U.N. sanctions against Iran, with upcoming visits by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and another senior diplomat.
Brazil’s backing is important because, as a resolution takes shape, the U.S. and its partners are looking for the broadest possible support on the [...]
