Why the Trump administration has such disdain for the ICC
The U.S.’s use of torture in the so-called “war on terror” wasn’t something confined to the shadows, but a policy actively defended by administration officials — still to this day.
The U.S.’s use of torture in the so-called “war on terror” wasn’t something confined to the shadows, but a policy actively defended by administration officials — still to this day.
This new round of sanctions is targeted at anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad, including Lebanon, a country that’s already dealing with economic crisis of its own.
The United States is plunging further into its self-defeating foreign policy with new “maximum pressure” sanctions on Syria and anyone doing business with it.
Team Trump’s show of force this week against the ICC was a metaphor for its disdain for international law and institutions.
The United States imposes sanctions on more countries than all other nations or international institutions combined.
It would be senseless for the U.S. to try to stop the petroleum transfer. It would be condemned by nearly every other country in the world as an abuse of U.S. power, with both Iran and Venezuela benefitting from political sympathy.
Suspending all sanctions now will not only help combat the coronavirus, but it will also create the conditions to resolve our differences diplomatically.
Two years ago, on May 8, 2018, the Trump administration withdrew unilaterally from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly called the Iran nuclear deal, and then imposed “maximum pressure” sanctions on Iran.
Regime change proponents are trying to use an expiring arms embargo to prevent the next president from reentering the Iran nuclear deal.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies gives Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo the ammo they need to see to it that Iran sees no relief during the COVID-19 crisis.
The U.S. sanctions that are contributing to the misery and death of Iranians are meant to save them … or something.
Sudan’s response to the coronavirus has been one bright spot in this ongoing pandemic. But it’s not out of the woods yet, and some say U.S. sanctions are preventing it from winning the fight.
The Trump administration isn’t relenting on its ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran because it exists to create a humanitarian crisis.
This crisis is exposing just how senseless Washington’s approach to Pyongyang has been for the last seventy years, and why it must change as soon as possible.
The Trump administration claims to support Iranian citizens, but it won’t put its anti-Iran hysteria on hold for a minute to help them out amid a pandemic.
Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund for help combatting the coronavirus. But the U.S. needs to approve and it’s unclear what the Trump administration will do.
Not only are U.S. sanctions preventing Iran access to needed medical goods amid the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re also restricting the Iran from offering economic and social relief.
Crippling U.S. sanctions are severely impeding Iranian efforts to combat the coronavirus, compelling Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to ask the United Nations for help.
United Against a Nuclear Iran is naming and shaming pharmaceutical companies despite having special licenses to sell medicine to Iran.
There is a growing number of nationalist, anti-government independents in Iran who refuse to affiliate with either reformists or hardliners and the U.S. ‘maximum pressure’ campaign isn’t helping them.
U.S. and international sanctions have crushed North Korea’s health care system, making it harder to deal with the coronavirus.