Marzia Hussaini
Iran International
Iran International
The Islamic Republic will not easily submit to a challenge and will fight to preserve its rule, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California said in an interview with Iran International.
Iran’s potential withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would not exempt it from international legal obligations, one of the world’s foremost experts on nuclear weapons proliferation told Iran International.
Washington must maintain pressure to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons, two US senators told Iran International, expressing support for further sanctions and potential military action against the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s nuclear program was a threat to the United States, US Senator Cynthia Lummis told Iran International, adding that last month's US attacks against Iranian nuclear facilities were further justified by Tehran's avowed hostility.
Donald Trump’s 14-day deadline on Iran is a strategic pause to allow US forces to fully deploy in the Middle East as he mulls airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, former commander of US forces in the region David Petraeus told Iran International.
A resolution introduced on Monday by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine aims to keep the United States out of a war with Iran, he told Iran International, while US President Trump attempted to head off some dissent among populist supporters.
Democratic lawmakers on the sidelines of the Trump administration's high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran largely hope for their success but lament being cut out of a process playing out behind closed doors.
An apparent sole focus for US-Iran talks on Tehran's nuclear program could make any deal resemble one President Donald Trump exited in 2018 for allegedly being too soft on Tehran, a leading American expert on Iran said.
The United States faces a formidable adversary in talks with Islamic Republic, a former top US intelligence official told Iran International, and Tehran's aim could be to buy time for its nuclear program.
Any potential US airstrike would target not only Iran's nuclear facilities but also its air defense and missile capabilities in a bid to prevent possible retaliation, the former commander of US Central Command told Iran International.
