Mar 08 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: Violence in Israel leaves American dead By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, an American tourist was killed and a dozen Israelis were wounded in a wave of attacks by Palestinian militants in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Also, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has test-fired a series of… Continue watching
Feb 29 Watch 5:44 What do Iran’s elections mean for the country’s future? By PBS News Hour Iran’s election results show modest gains for reformists and moderates in Parliament, but experts remain cynical about prospects for real change, especially since many conservative and hardline candidates also managed big wins. Judy Woodruff talks to Karim Sadjadpour of the… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 3:20 High voter turnout in Iran’s elections led by new generation of young voters By PBS News Hour Officials in Iran are counting the votes in its first national election since agreeing to its nuclear disarmament deal with the U.S. and other world powers. Cliff Kupchan, chairman of the Eurasia Group, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, for analysis. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 9:46 Enforcing Iran sanctions still tangles Iranian-Americans in ‘spider’s web of laws’ By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green The U.S. has imposed hundreds of sanctions against Iran for more than 30 years to temper the country's nuclear ambitions. And even though the sanctions against Iran were eased with January's nuclear disarmament deal, rules about how people in the… Continue watching
Feb 27 Despite nuclear deal, ‘collateral damage’ of sanctions snares Iranian-Americans By Andrew Mach While experts agree that the U.S. government never intended for sanctions against Iran to burden Iranian-Americans, some critics say the collateral effects snare those living in the U.S. -- even after January's nuclear deal. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 6:13 Could Iran’s elections lead to real political change? By PBS News Hour Millions of Iranians cast their votes Friday afternoon for the country’s new Parliament, as well as for the council that will choose the next Supreme Leader. Though the government has blocked thousands of reformist candidates from running, moderates hope to… Continue watching
Feb 26 Will Iranian voters go the moderate route? By Larisa Epatko Iranians voted in parliamentary elections on Friday in what some are calling a referendum on Iran’s signing of an international agreement to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some sanctions, and on other moderate moves made… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 6:36 How will Iran choose its next Supreme Leader? By PBS News Hour Iranians will go to the polls next week to choose a new Parliament, as well as select the council that will in turn choose the country’s next Supreme Leader after Ayatollah Khamenei’s death. But how will the recent nuclear deal… Continue watching
Feb 18 A new Iran deal? Syria truce may demand one By Bradley Klapper, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The pursuit of peace in Syria may require the United States and Iran to break new ground in their increasingly comfortable diplomatic relationship. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 8:39 The global threats that keep the CIA up at night By PBS News Hour America's top intelligence officials brought an updated assessment of worldwide threats to the U.S. to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Their top concerns included cyber attacks, the Islamic State group, the war in Syria, North Korea's nuclear activities and a resurgent… Continue watching