Hawkish U.S. senator urges attack on Iranian oil refineries

TEHRAN – Hawkish American Senator Lindsey Graham has urged the U.S. leaders to consider an attack on Iranian oil refineries in response to new attacks on Saudi oil refineries.

Independence means not to rely on others to survive: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that independence in the foreign policy does not mean separation from world.

‘National interests are not something factional’

Iran gets its security from people: Zarif

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that it is people who back national security in Iran.

By hamid Bayati  

Trump impeachment and stigmatizing MBS; the fate in the Congress’s hand

TEHRAN - Perhaps Mohammed bin Salman failed to imagine that his credibility and royal reputation, or what’s left of it, would depend on U.S. Senate, which has become a nightmare for him.

U.S. senator calls bin Salman ‘crazy’ and ‘dangerous’

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday that he had "high confidence" that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, was complicit in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

By Elaine C. Kamarck

Trump is just six senate votes away from impeachment

At some point in 2019 (if not sooner) a Republican Senator may walk into the Oval Office and say to President Trump: “Mr. President, we don’t have the votes,” at which point the Trump presidency will end in a resignation or a conviction in the Senate.

The GOP steps up to check an out-of-control president

From the beginning, the Trump presidency posed a unique challenge to the American system of government and, indeed, to the political theory upon which it was built.

U.S. senators consider sanctions on Iran after missile launch

TEHRAN – U.S. Republican senators plan to introduce a legislation to impose further sanctions on Iran in the wake of the recent missile test by Iran, a U.S. senator announced on Sunday.

By Daniel R. DePetris

John McCain is overreaching on Trump’s Australia call

McCain is entitled to decry Trump’s terse phone call with Australia, but not to act as though he is the president.