Anti-government protests in Iran, where demonstrations of political unrest are rare, have left at least 20 people dead — and do not appear to be subsiding. Since Thursday, tens of thousands of protesters have formed the largest outpouring of government opposition since the volatile 2009 presidential elections. The scale and ferocity of the protestshad clerical […]
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Trump administration calls Poliquin's Iran bill 'unconstitutional'
Days before demonstrations broke out in cities across Iran, the U.S. Department of Justice told congressional leaders that a measure sponsored by a Republican congressman from Maine to unveil the secret holdings of Iranian leaders is unconstitutional. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s measure, approved last month by the House, would require the secretary of the treasury […]
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Iranian threats may spur Saudi-Israeli alliance
The Iranian-sponsored November 4 ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, continues to roil the Middle East — and it should. Recently I wrote that missile attack signaled an escalation in the simmering regional war between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Iran’s Shia Islamic revolutionary regime. Their proxy war in Yemen would become more […]
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Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 350
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake near the Iraq-Iran border killed over 350 people across both countries, sent residents fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast, authorities said Monday. Iran’s western Kermanshah province bore the brunt of the temblor Sunday night, with authorities […]
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US Air Force official: Missile targeting Saudis was Iranian
U.S.Air Forces Central Commander in Qatar, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, addresses a joint press conference with Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Stephen Wilson, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Harrigian said that the ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels that targeted the Saudi capital was from Iran […]
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The Saudi Arabia-Iran war escalates
On November 4, a U.S.-made Patriot missile intercepted an Iranian-manufactured Burkan H-2 short-range ballistic missile as its warhead plunged toward the international airport outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital. Though the missile was launched from Yemen, with good reason Saudi leaders called the attack an act of “aggression” by Iran. A human rights organization said the […]
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Angus King: Congress needs to update war rules for military
Peter Rogers of Yarmouth, member of William J. Rogers American Legion Post 153 in Auburn, talks in April 2017 with U.S. Sen. Angus King at the Post hall. King spoke to a group of veterans about his efforts – and those needed by veterans – to help the passage of a bill to overhaul the […]
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Debate over the Iran deal is perplexing
By Adam J. Szubin Special To The Washington Post As one of the architects of a 10-year sanctions campaign against Iran under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and the Treasury Department official charged with delivering sanctions relief pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), I find the debate over the 2015 […]
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U.S. jet shoots down another Iranian drone over Syria
A U.S. F-15 fighter aircraft shot down an Iranian-made drone over southern Syria on Tuesday, a U.S. defense official said, marking the second time in just as many days that the U.S. military has taken a pro-Syrian government aircraft out of the sky. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the incident […]
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Bruce Poliquin seeks to unmask finances of Iran’s top leaders
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin speaks Saturday at the christening of the USS Thomas Hudner at Bath Iron Works. With a more sympathetic occupant in the White House, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin is trying again to shine a light on the assets held by many of the leaders in Iran. The Maine Republican has often castigated […]