WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday granted important exemptions to new sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard, watering down the effects of the measures while also eliminating an aspect that would have complicated U.S. foreign policy efforts. Foreign governments and businesses that have dealings with the Revolutionary Guard and its...
Artist Sees Disparaged Iran in a Different Light
A Fresno photographer says she was welcomed on a recent visit to Iran, despite the Trump administration's campaign of economic sanctions against the country. Helen Gigliotti, a retired Fresno State biochemistry professor and administrator, spent two weeks in Iran last year. "We found a window in which things had settled...
US Says No More Sanctions Waivers for Importing Iranian Oil
The Trump administration said Monday that it will no longer exempt any countries from U.S. sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil, stepping up pressure on Iran in a move that primarily affects the five remaining major importers: China and India and U.S. treaty allies Japan, South Korea, Turkey....
Trump Vetoes Measure to End US Involvement in Yemen War
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. In a break with the president, Congress voted for the first time earlier this month to invoke the War Powers Resolution to try to stop U.S....
US Terror Label for Iran Revolutionary Guard Takes Effect
WASHINGTON — The U.S. terrorism label for Iran's Revolutionary Guard formally took effect on Monday, amid a battle between the Trump administration and some in Congress over waivers on oil and nuclear sanctions that are due to expire or be extended early next month. The Guard's formal designation as a...
US Declares Iran's Guard Force a 'Terrorist Organization'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. is designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization," in an effort to increase pressure on the country that could have significant diplomatic implications in the Middle East. It is the first time that the U.S. has designated a part...
As Pressure Grows, Iran's Foreign Minister Resigns
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned late Monday without warning, offering an "apology" to the nation as the nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers stands on the verge of collapse after the U.S. withdrawal from the accord. The veteran diplomat first offered a vague Instagram...
Suicide Bomber Targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Kills 27
TEHRAN, Iran — A suicide car bomber claimed by an al-Qaida-linked group attacked a bus carrying members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 13 others, state media reported. Tehran immediately linked the attack in Iran's restive southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province...
Iranian-American Nurture New Generations After Revolution
IRVINE — Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s for graduate school, and like many others, wound up settling in America, starting a career and raising her family while a revolution upended her homeland and fractured relations with the U.S. The two countries remain bitter...
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PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 Remarks as prepared for delivery TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: We meet tonight at a moment of...