Following the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Barack Obama's former China ambassador Max Baucus on Monday accused Israel of having “nefarious” motives in the Middle East. 
Iran will reduce the access international nuclear inspectors have to its sites following a new watchdog report indicating Tehran is stockpiling more than 12 times the amount of enriched uranium allowed under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
In a rebuke to former secretary of state John Kerry, national security adviser Robert O’Brien on Thursday slammed the Iran deal as the worst agreement since the 1938 Munich Agreement with Nazi Germany.
Iran engaged in secretive nuclear work that breached international accords as recently as 2019, according to nuclear inspectors who have been blocked from accessing these contested military sites. 
The Trump administration has again renewed key sanctions waivers permitting Iran to conduct sensitive nuclear work, generating anger among GOP hawks who have long called for the administration to quit giving Tehran a pass on its pursuit of an atomic weapon. 
Former secretary of state John Kerry, who along with his wife Teresa Heinz is estimated to be worth $1 billion, on Friday referred to the $1.7 billion payment the United States made to Iran in 2016 as a "little bit of money." 
Conservative radio host Mark Levin ripped the media and Democrats for not being harsh enough on the Iranian regime while discussing President Donald Trump's national address Wednesday night. 
Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) are slated to host a conference call with an Iranian-American advocacy group that has been accused of acting as Tehran’s lobbying arm in the United States. 
Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs said Friday that the United States should not push for regime change in Iran because of America's "murderous" history. 
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D., Va.) on Thursday immediately blamed President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal for the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
