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El-Gamal Joins France 24 to Discuss US to Blacklist Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

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Jan 23, 2026

What Trump could do next in Iran

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As a US carrier strike group nears the Persian Gulf, what options does US President Donald Trump have to strike against the Iranian regime?

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El-Gamal Joins France 24 to Discuss US to Blacklist Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

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Jan 14, 2026

Voices from Iran: As rejection of government reaches all-time high, Iranians also wary of foreign intervention

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Tara Kangarlou

If Trump is serious about peace, stability, and a lasting legacy, the path forward does not run through air strikes or transactional deals with a failing theocracy.

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Jun 25, 2019

El-Gamal Joins France 24 to Discuss US to Blacklist Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

By Jasmine M. El-Gamal

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Jun 25, 2019

Jensen in The Washington Post: How cyber operations can help manage crisis escalation with Iran

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Jun 24, 2019

Dagres Joins EuroNews to Discuss Iran’s Response to US Sanctions

By Holly Dagres

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Jun 24, 2019

Trump sanctions Iran’s Supreme Leader

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The executive order allows US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to impose sanctions on officials appointed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and those who provide material support to his office.

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MENASource

Jun 24, 2019

Trilateral tribulations: The upcoming Israeli advisers meeting

By Mark N. Katz

Iran and its role in Syria are likely to be the main agenda item at the June 24-26 trilateral meeting of the US, Russian, and Israeli national security advisers in Israel. What US National Security Adviser John Bolton and his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, want from Russia is clear: Moscow’s in reducing or even eliminating the Iranian presence in Syria. Russian National Security Adviser Nikolai Patrushev, though, is unlikely to meet their demands on this score.

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Jun 24, 2019

Hezbollah’s new drug rehab unit points to limits of US sanctions policy

By Lizzie Porter

Up an untarmacked road, high above the Mediterranean Sea, the Shifa' Speciality Hospital (SSH) sits behind half-built apartment blocks in the suburban town of Aaramoun just south of Beirut.

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Jun 23, 2019

McFate Quoted in The New York Times on the White House’s Options to Counter Iran

By Sean McFate

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Jun 22, 2019

Barbara Slavin mentioned in WBAA-NPR: Iran Response: Trump Falls Into History Of Long-Fraught Decision-Making

By Barbara Slavin

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Jun 22, 2019

Barbara Slavin quoted in the Washington Examiner: Washington wonders how Iran will respond after Trump abruptly cancels strike

By Barbara Slavin

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Jun 21, 2019

McFate Quoted in The Evening Standard on How Britain Must Modernize its Defense Forces

By Sean McFate

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