[caption id="attachment_51478" align="alignright" width="175"] Deputy White House spokesman Josh Earnest[/caption] Netanyahu blasts reported draft agreement which would let Tehran gradually build up nuclear capabilities. The White House on Tuesday denied reports that the US and Iran were working toward a deal which would see the Islamic republic ...

White House spokesman announced that additional anti-Russian sanctions may be imposed by Washington if Moscow fails to live up to the Minsk agreements. WASHINGTON, January 7 (Sputnik) Additional anti-Russian sanctions may be imposed byWashington if Moscow fails tolive upto the Minsk agreements, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. The longer ...

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said that there are still serious gaps to overcome in the talks on the Iranian nuclear issue in Vienna. MOSCOW, November 22 (Sputnik) There are still serious gaps toovercome inthe talks onthe Iranian nuclear issue inVienna, the White House has announced. "Obviously, the deadline is Monday, and our folks there ...

(Reuters) - White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Thursday that U.S. policy towards Iran has not changed. Earnest was responding to questions about a letter reportedly sent from U.S. President Barack Obama to Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Obama sent a letter to the Iranian leader ...

[caption id="attachment_106727" align="alignright" width="152"] White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest[/caption] WASHINGTON, November 4 (RIA Novosti) - The United States has marked Russias constructive role in solving theIraniannuclear issue, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said during a press briefing on Tuesday. So far we have seen that ...

WASHINGTON, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - The USadministration has no plans to lift sanctions against Iran without the approval of Congress, White House spokesperson Eric Schultz told reporters on Tuesday. "If we do get a comprehensive arrangement [on the Iraniannuclear issue], it is absolutely true that the sanctions regime we have in place cannot be ...

Is America at war with the Islamic State? On Friday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said as much. In the same way that we are at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates around the globe, we are at war with ISIL, he said, using the acronym for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The remark set a thousand Washington keyboards aflutter, as Secretary ...

The White House on Wednesday praised Iran for "surprisingly" favorable behavior over the last six months during nuclear talks with Western powers, but it declined to say whether an extension for the talks beyond a July 20 deadline would be granted. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama would ...

[caption id="attachment_106727" align="alignright" width="238"] White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest[/caption] The White House has praised Irans serious manner during nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 over the Islamic Republics nuclear energy program. Iran has come to these talks in a serious manner and to its credit Iran has defied the ...

(Reuters) - More talks with Iran about cooperation in dealing with the crisis in Iraq, which have taken places on the sidelines of meetings on Iran's nuclear program, are unlikely for the time being, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday. "There may be future discussions at lower levels ... though we do not expect the issue to be raised ...

Washington (CNN) - Ahead of a White House meeting Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner called on President Barack Obama to lay out a "broader strategy" for how to deal with sectarian violence in Iraq, but the Ohio Republican said the United States should "absolutely not" talk to Iranians about the crisis. "I can just imagine what our friends in the ...

Tehran, April 9, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham termed the US treatment of Iran?s proposed United Nations envoy Hamid Abutalebi as unacceptable. She made the remarks in reaction to what the White House spokesperson has said about the Iranian diplomat. She said Iran has officially announced its views regarding the issue to the ...