Can Oman Build a Ladder for Trump to Come Down the Iranian Tree He Climbed?

Can Oman Build a Ladder for Trump to Come Down the Iranian Tree He Climbed?

The US establishment wrongly believed that it could deal with Iran as with North Korea, using a carrot and stick. Threatening diplomacy has never worked with the “Islamic Republic” since 1979 when the Shah fell and Imam Khomeini seized power. It is true that US pressure on Iran over the last months has plunged the…

US Imposes Sanctions on Senior Turkish Officials

US Imposes Sanctions on Senior Turkish Officials

This is something unheard of. A NATO country has imposed personal sanctions on senior officials of another member of the bloc! The White House has announced that the US Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu, because of what has happened to Andrew Craig…