Now it’s coming out how the release of the Iranian hostages was arranged: the WSJ has reported that Obama paid a ransom of $400 million for them and kept it secret. Scott Johnson writes …[N]negotiators originally established a formula of … Continue reading →
Most people today have some idea who the Ayatollah Khomeini was: the scowling guy with the beard who created and/or exploited the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and brought Islamic theocracy to Iran. But I’m not at all sure how much … Continue reading →
On Thursday I wrote a very brief post linking to an article about Obama’s advisor Ben Rhodes and his influence on Obama’s foreign policy, particularly the Iran deal. The Rhodes article was so disturbing it’s been the talk of the … Continue reading →
Iranian voters have chosen a host of reform candidates in their recent election, and this would seem like good news. Many writers are treating it as such (see this, for example). Others are not the least bit sure. Jonathan S. … Continue reading →
Iranians are going to the polls on Friday: The world is watching to see if the reformist camp will gain ground, but expectations aren’t high. …[T]he nuclear agreement Iran and world powers completed last year…[is unlikely to] produce significant internal … Continue reading →
It’s not just Germany, of course. This is the sort of thing that made Europe salivate at the prospect of the Iran deal: According to the head of Iran’s state-run oil company NPC, two leading German companies are set to … Continue reading →
The nuclear deal wasn’t the only deal, of course. It was a prelude to this sort of thing: France and Iran are trying to make a financial deal, now that sanctions are no more. Will it work?: Exactly what stage … Continue reading →
Iran doesn’t miss an opportunity to rub it in: A senior Iranian military commander in charge of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that the 10 U.S. sailors who were recently captured and subsequently released by the Islamic Republic “started … Continue reading →
Next, the self-abasement. (See also this.) However, US officials have denied apologizing to Iran. Who’s telling the truth about that? I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter to the world, which can easily perceive that the US has been humiliated. … Continue reading →
…to toy with Obama, prior to his State of the Union address this evening: Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters with mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing … Continue reading →
This WSJ article is getting a lot of attention, although I wonder how many people on the Democratic/liberal/leftist side are the least bit concerned by it. The gist of what the piece reveals is that the NSA continued to spy … Continue reading →
Check this out [hat tip: commenter “sdferr”]: President Obama didn’t require Iranian leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged in a letter to Representative … Continue reading →