The following article is one of a two-part series of essays assessing the relative benefits and risks of inviting Russia into ongoing US-Iranian talks ... (largely because of the Ukraine war), has ...

Considering Donald Trump’s hostility and the universal aversion of the US towards Iran, one could ... to the situation. The risks, costs and uncertainties of war make diplomatic engagement ...

One consequential issue looms over President Trump’s Middle East visit this week: Iran. In recent weeks, the Trump ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader said: "These negotiations must be pursued carefully from here on. The red lines are clear – both for us and for the other side. We are neither ...

A nuclear deal was reached in 2015 between Iran ... US after its two-decade oil embargo on Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. After relinquishing its nuclear program, Libya descended into civil war ...

Iranian oil flows to China via shadow tankers that have always been hard to track. Now the US has lost some of its leverage ...

The role of Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to the Middle East ... to effectively engage with geopolitical players such as Iran, Hamas and Russia.

Unwilling to go to war with Iran, however, Obama doubled down on sanctions, eventually opening the door for the JCPOA. Trump, who has assembled one of the most pro-Israel US presidential ...