President Donald Trump has boxed himself in with the Saudis and continues to blur the line between serving US national interest and his own self-interest.
The prospect of a strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack that didn’t target Americans or even a country with which the US has a defense treaty is proving divisive in Washington.
US officials said they had substantial evidence that Iran was behind the attack, not the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who claimed responsibility.
Rouhani and Macron have been scrambling to agree on a proposal that gives Iran de facto waivers from strict US sanctions through a $15 billion line of credit that will help restore oil exports.
Iranians seem to have little inclination or motivation to back down. However, it’s not in anyone’s interest to stumble into a war — certainly not for Trump with the 2020 election looming.
The Trump administration Wednesday slapped sanctions on Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif, which curtails his international travel and freezes his American assets.
British marines had on 4 July helped Gibraltar detain Grace 1, an Iranian tanker, which was reportedly carrying oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions against the Gulf nation.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Iran has also shown the House of Saud the potential costs of messing with it.