A group of Republican lawmakers is petitioning the House Foreign Affairs Committee to organize hearings on “Iran’s nuclear program, their support for terrorism, and their attempts to intimidate our allies,” citing the Islamic Republic’s revamped march toward a nuclear weapon.
The Chinese government announced sanctions on former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, and over 20 other figures from the Trump administration as they left office Wednesday.
The Trump administration is waging a last-minute effort to slap wide-ranging sanctions on Iran, an effort that one current U.S. official said is beneficial to the incoming Biden administration as it formulates its policies towards the Islamic Republic.
A ship linked to the Iranian regime’s illicit activities is currently being repurposed to engage in work on a contested Russian-German gas pipeline that has been heavily sanctioned by bipartisan coalitions in Washington, D.C., and is broadly opposed across Europe.
The Trump administration on Monday slapped sanctions on two senior Iranian government officials who it says kidnapped American Robert Levinson, who has been missing since 2007 and likely died in Iranian captivity.
Congress is weighing new disclosure laws to close a financial loophole that has been exploited by the United States' enemies to fund terrorist and trafficking operations.
New legislation in Congress would sanction one of Iran’s top terror proxy groups operating in Iraq and responsible for deadly attacks that targeted American personnel stationed in Baghdad, according to a copy of the bill exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.