Press TV - A group of US Republican senators have called on Twitter to suspend the accounts of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei andForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. In a letter sent to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday, senatorsTed Cruzof Texas,Marco Rubioof Florida,Tom Cottonof Arkansasand Marsha Blackburn of ...

The National Interest | Matthew Petti: The State Department refused to go all-in on maximum pressureand Republican members of Congress are fuming. Republican hawks in Congress are outraged that foreign companies will still be allowed under U.S. law to work on four highly sensitive Iranian nuclear projects. U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook ...

Euronews | Adam EdelmanwithNBC News Politics: A long list of Republicans including several top allies of President Donald Trump lined up in vehement opposition on Monday to the president's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the northern border of Syria and allow a Turkish operation there. The announcement marked a major blow to the Kurdish-...

Politico | SEUNG MIN KIMandELANA SCHOR: President Donald Trump might soon toss the Iran nuclear deal back to Congress to decide its fate but its no sure thing that lawmakers would kill it for good. Critics of the Obama-era agreement, led by the president himself, appear to be on a mission to tank the accord. Naysayers in Congress are vowing to ...

Press TV- Republican lawmakers in both chambers of the US Congress are launching a motion to formally disapprove the recent United Nations Security Council resolution that condemned "illegal" Israeli settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories. The move highlights the Zionist lobbys powerful influence on Capitol Hill and is a reminder of ...

US President Barack Obama has expressed concern over the Republican Party and its infighting and nomination for this years presidential race. Speaking on Jimmy Fallons "The Tonight Show", which is due to be aired late on Thursday, Obama said, "The truth is actually I am worried about the Republican Party." Obama said the US has a two-party ...

Alwaght- Now that the last remaining Republican candidates dropped out of the presidential race and opened the road for Donald Trump to be the unchallenged Republican candidate for November 2016 presidential election, the GOPs leaders are doing their best to, at any expense, unite their party around their candidate Trump and so keep Hilary Clinton,...

Three US Republican lawmakers are pushing the American aerospace giant, Boeing, to refrain from getting into any deal with Iran. In a letter to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, the Illinois Republican congressmen asked the company no to business with Tehran for any supply of planes and other services. Congressmen Peter Roskam, Bob Dold and Randy ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   President: Iran no threat against any country President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday stressed that Iran has no plan to threat any other country stressing that Tehran considers security of other nations, particularly its neighboring states, as its own security.   Baku trilateral ...

Two Republican U.S. senators who oppose the nuclear agreement with Iran introduced a bill on Wednesday that would keep Iran from gaining even indirect access to the U.S. financial system or using U.S. dollars in business transactions. The measure introduced by Senators Mark Kirk and Marco Rubio came amid media reports that U.S. officials were moving ...

Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA - White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that Republicans seemed unhappy that 10 US Navy sailors, captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard this week were released. The spokesman further said on Friday that I think the only people unhappy about it are the Republicans, Earnest told reporters. According to the Blaze....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said a recent prisoner exchange between Iran and the US went ahead as planned despite calls by Republicans for a delay until US presidential elections. In the course of the talks for exchanging prisoners, the republican rivals of the current US administration ...

Americans are becoming less religious, judging by such markers as church attendance, prayer and belief in God, and the trend is more pronounced among young adults, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The share of U.S. adults who say they believe in God, while still high compared with other advanced industrial countries, slipped to 89 percent ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's top security official Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani warned the White House to block renewed efforts by the US house majority to reimpose sanctions against Tehran under a new pretext following the implementation of the recent nuclear agreement. "After their failure in the Senate, the Republicans along with the Zionist lobby have ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative House Republicans have embarked on an eleventh-hour political maneuver to derail the Iranian nuclear deal, saying they can't vote on it until the president coughs up copies of side deals Tehran negotiated with atomic inspectors. The last-ditch effort to snarl implementation of the deal was part of a political spectacle ...

A former American official has blasted Republicans for opposing the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of nations, saying they are "unreasonable." Michael Springmann made the criticism in an interview about GOP Senator Pat Toomeys stance on the accord. The senator said on Saturday that this deal will make military conflict more ...

Republicans are attacking Democrats backing the deal as soft on national defense. The nuclear agreement with Iran is becoming an early campaign flash point in the battle for Senate control in 2016, fueling Republican attacks and creating divisions in contested Democratic primaries ahead of critical votes in Congress next month. Its a rare instance ...

US Republican presidential candidate John Kasich says unlike his rivals, he would not immediately revoke Iran nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the world powers if elected as president. Kasich made the remarks in an interview with NBC News on Sunday, saying he would wait for Iran to violate its terms before cancelation of the agreement....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran drew support from a member of the Senate Democratic leadership and sharp criticism from a senior Republican on Tuesday, ahead of private briefings from Cabinet officials who negotiated the accord. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the agreement marked a "comprehensive solution to the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unhappy with President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran? Republicans running for the White House are vowing to rescind the agreement, some on their first day in office. But it may not be that easy. If Iran lives up to its obligations, a new president could face big obstacles in turning that campaign promise into U.S. policy....