It’s always dangerous to make predictions about the Middle East. After all, few experts foresaw Anwar al-Sadat’s trip to Jerusalem in 1977, which led to the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, nor did they predict the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79 or the Arab uprisings of 2010-11....
Pence: Trump Stands With Iranian Protesters For Freedom
We stand with the proud people of Iran because it is right. Eight-and-a-half years ago, Americans watched the people of Iran rise up to claim their birthright of freedom. In the “Green Revolution,” millions of courageous young men and women filled the streets of Tehran and Tabriz, Qazvin and Karaj,...
Pence: Trump Stands With Iranian Protesters For Freedom
We stand with the proud people of Iran because it is right. Eight-and-a-half years ago, Americans watched the people of Iran rise up to claim their birthright of freedom. In the “Green Revolution,” millions of courageous young men and women filled the streets of Tehran and Tabriz, Qazvin and Karaj,...
Iran Protests Are Different This Time. Do You Know Why?
Roiling more than a dozen major cities, young Iranians are protesting against the country’s government. They appear to be particularly angered by the country’s funding of wars in Arab countries, such as Yemen and Syria, as Iranian citizens slide towards poverty. In the city of Kerman, demonstrators chanted that the...
Iran Protests Are Different This Time. Do You Know Why?
Roiling more than a dozen major cities, young Iranians are protesting against the country’s government. They appear to be particularly angered by the country’s funding of wars in Arab countries, such as Yemen and Syria, as Iranian citizens slide towards poverty. In the city of Kerman, demonstrators chanted that the...
Nunes, Costa Respond to Trump's Iran Nuclear Deal Move
President Donald Trump’s move to decertify Iran's nuclear deal compliance is drawing responses from Fresno’s congressional delegation. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) issued a statement endorsing the president’s call for greater enforcement of the agreement, saying “It’s crucial that the Trump administration’s new, tougher Iran policy will be well-resourced and aggressively...
Nunes, Costa Respond to Trump's Iran Nuclear Deal Move
President Donald Trump’s move to decertify Iran's nuclear deal compliance is drawing responses from Fresno’s congressional delegation. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) issued a statement endorsing the president’s call for greater enforcement of the agreement, saying “It’s crucial that the Trump administration’s new, tougher Iran policy will be well-resourced and aggressively...
From the Right: Putin Will Never be Our Friend
U.S. should not Do Business with Russian 'Czar' By Luke Coffey InsideSources.com Should we really try to do business with Vladimir Putin? This is misguided, wishful and even dangerous thinking. Since coming to power in 1999, the Russian president has done nothing to indicate that he would be...
From the Right: Putin Will Never be Our Friend
U.S. should not Do Business with Russian 'Czar' By Luke Coffey InsideSources.com Should we really try to do business with Vladimir Putin? This is misguided, wishful and even dangerous thinking. Since coming to power in 1999, the Russian president has done nothing to indicate that he would be...