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New Bill Calls on U.S. Government to Investigate COVID-19 Origins

ForeignDeskNewsApril 16, 2021April 16, 2021

A recently-introduced bipartisan Senate bill includes a provision is calling on the United States to lead further investigations into COVID-19’s origins. The provision, Section 14, also makes a push...

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Biden Admin Offers Sanctions Relief to Iran in First Day of Indirect Talks

ForeignDeskNewsApril 7, 2021April 10, 2021

In the first day of indirect talks in Vienna between JCPOA nuclear deal partners and the United States Tuesday, Iran’s leaders rejected an offer by the Biden administration to...

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Biden Administration Appears to Waver on Promise to Strengthen Iran Nuclear Deal

ForeignDeskNewsApril 6, 2021April 6, 2021

As world leaders meet in Vienna this week to discuss the United States reentering the 2015-era Iran nuclear deal, Israel is voicing its concern over potential U.S. appeasement toward...

Iran Nuclear Politics Trending U.S. Desk

Iran Regime Preemptively Rejects Biden’s Offer to Partially Lift Sanctions

ForeignDeskNewsApril 1, 2021April 1, 2021

The Biden administration is preparing a new proposal to partially lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for the regime to reverse of some of its nuclear deal violations, according...

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EU Expected to Implement Sanctions on Several Iranians for First Time Since 2013

ForeignDeskNewsMarch 31, 2021March 31, 2021

The European Union is expected to sanction several more officials connected to the regime in Iran starting next week in an effort to clamp down on human rights abuses,...

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China and Iran Sign 25-Year Partnership in Major “Test for Biden Administration”

ForeignDeskNewsMarch 30, 2021March 30, 2021

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signed a 25-year “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” Saturday in Tehran, forecasting a potential for greater Chinese influence in the...

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Leib: “Likely the Iranian Regime Infiltrated Big Tech”

ForeignDeskNewsMarch 29, 2021

Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) Executive Director Bryan E. Leib said it is likely the Iranian regime has infiltrated big tech platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat,...

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GOP Representatives Double Down on Rooting out Iran’s Tentacles in the U.S.

ForeignDeskNewsMarch 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Representative Yvette Herrell wrote a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week signed by eight more conservative congressmembers calling on the DOJ to increase efforts to root...

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