News Wrap: Exit polls show lead for U.K. Prime Minister May’s party
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: And now to the rest of this day’s news.The polls have closed in Britain, and voters appear to have delivered a blow to the ruling Conservatives. Exit surveys indicate they are...
View ArticleSyria brings new urgency to easing tensions between U.S. and Russia
A still image taken from footage shot on June 18, 2017, and broadcast on Iranian Television IRINN, purports to show missiles being fired from Iran into eastern Syria. Image by IRINN via...
View ArticleNew Documents Show US Role in 1953 Iranian Coup
In the early 1950s, democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh moved to nationalize the country's lucrative oil industry. The move sent shock waves to Britain, whose Anglo-Persian...
View ArticleWhite House Pushes Hard-Line on Iran After Extending Nuclear Deal
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. On March 21, 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): "My number one priority is to...
View ArticleTrump signals he might pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. What’s at stake?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: It has been just over two years since the Iran nuclear agreement was signed under the Obama administration. But President Trump may very well be on the...
View ArticleNews Wrap: North Korean missile flies further, higher than last launch
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: North Korea launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile that flew higher and farther than its first attempts earlier...
View ArticleIran gains influence in Afghanistan as war continues
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View ArticleNews Wrap: Sierra Leone rescue crews battle devastating mudslide
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: All of today’s comments surrounding the events in Charlottesville follow a protest last night in neighboring North Carolina. Demonstrators in Durham...
View ArticleSnap #701 - High Crimes and Misdemeanors
On the next Snap..."High Crimes and Misdemeanors. When your back is against the wall and you're all out of options, you don't want to break the law...but it wants to break you. Featuring the story of...
View ArticleNews Wrap: Tillerson heralds easing of North Korea tensions
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news, tensions eased just a bit in the war of wills between the U.S. and North Korea. Secretary of State Tillerson said the North is...
View ArticleIn the Persian Gulf, Iran’s drones pose rising threat to U.S.
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Leonhard Foeger/ReutersABOARD THE USS NIMITZ — High above the Persian Gulf,...
View ArticleIran rejects U.S. demand for inspection of its military sites
File photo of Iran’s national flags by Morteza Nikoubazl/ReutersTEHRAN, Iran — Iran has dismissed a top U.S. diplomat’s demand for the inspection of Iranian military sites by the U.N. nuclear watchdog,...
View ArticleIranians return to annual hajj in Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual hajj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 31, 2017. Photo by Suhaib Salem/ReutersThousands of...
View ArticleThe United States And Iran
The United States and Iran confront each other in Yemen and the Gulf, while the longtime enemies act as uncomfortable allies against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Meanwhile, President Trump faces a crucial...
View ArticleNews Wrap: Rouhani says Iran will respond if nuclear deal violated
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View ArticleWill Trump walk away from the Iran nuclear deal?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Separate from North Korea, President Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the Iran nuclear agreement, which was struck by the Obama...
View ArticleNews Wrap: Kim Jong Un threatens to ‘tame’ Trump
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View ArticleIranian Americans in limbo after Trump’s new travel rules
An international passenger arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after the Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request to put its travel ban...
View ArticleEnemies: A History Of Bad Blood [Full Episode]
Across generations, Americans have seen foes turn to friends and allies to enemies. So, as negotiations are in the works for a nuclear deal with Iran and to resume formal diplomatic relations with...
View ArticleAs Trump approaches deadline, what’s next for the Iran nuclear deal?
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to impose tighter vetting of travelers entering the United States, at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2017. President Donald Trump...
View ArticleDuring photo shoot, Trump talks of ‘calm before the storm’
President Donald Trump (C) participates in a briefing with senior military leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ReutersWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered a...
View ArticleTrump: If Tillerson called me a moron, we should ‘compare IQ tests’
President Donald Trump talks with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/ReutersWASHINGTON —...
View ArticleTrump may scrap the Iran nuclear agreement. Here’s what you need to know
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Another hallmark of the Obama administration is the Iran nuclear deal.And a deadline looms this weekend to certify whether Tehran is in compliance and...
View ArticleDemocrats who opposed Iran nuke deal urge Trump to keep pact
The flag of Iran is displayed. Photo by Izzet Keribar/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Several congressional Democrats who split with President Barack Obama to oppose the nuclear agreement with Iran are now...
View ArticleA Trump retreat from the Iran deal would damage trust in U.S. dealmaking, EU...
President Donald Trump’s possible withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal could dissuade other nations from entering agreements with the U.S., European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal will remain valid regardless of U.S. decision, says EU...
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View ArticleWhat Iranians think of the nuclear deal and Trump’s tough words
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: A new deadline looms this weekend for President Trump to certify whether the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran is in the interests of the United States,...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Trump to announce decision on Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will say Friday the Iran nuclear deal is no longer in America’s national security interests, but he won’t withdraw from the landmark 2015 accord or immediately...
View ArticleDoes Congress stand a chance at successfully changing the Iran deal?
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: Now we return to the second major decision President Trump announced today.He refused to certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement.Nick Schifrin has...
View ArticleTrump’s speech sparks a new war of words between U.S., Iran
A man walks past an anti-U.S. mural in Tehran, Iran, on October 13, 2017. Photo by Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via ReutersTEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear...
View ArticleEnemies: A History Of Bad Blood [Full Episode]
Across generations, Americans have seen foes turn to friends and allies to enemies. So, as negotiations are in the works for a nuclear deal with Iran and to resume formal diplomatic relations with...
View ArticlePowerful Earthquake Kills At Least 300 Near Iran-Iraq Border
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.On Sunday, a powerful earthquake struck near the Iran-Iraq border. At least 300 people were killed in the 7.3 magnitude quake, and thousands more...
View ArticleThe Top Risks Facing the World in 2018
Coming up on today's show:Every year, Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group, releases his top 10 risk predictions for the year ahead. Today on The Takeaway, Bremmer reviews his...
View ArticleWave of Protests Rock Iran: What's Next
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentA spontaneous protest broke out late last week in Mashhad, Iran, a city in the country's northeast. Though the demonstrations may have been...
View ArticleThe Top Risks Facing the World in 2018
Every January, Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group, releases his top 10 risk predictions for the year ahead."If we had to pick one year for a big unexpected crisis — the...
View ArticleAs Tension Grows With the United States, North Korea Looks South
Coming up on today's show:Protests in Iran continued into Wednesday, and at least 21 people have died amid the demonstrations. Yesterday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used Twitter to...
View ArticleAs Death Toll Rises, Concerns Grow Over Iranian Protests
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentOngoing anti-government demonstrations in Iran have now claimed the lives of at least 21 people. On Tuesday, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...
View ArticleUnrest in Iran
Last week, protests against the government of President Hassan Rouhani broke out across Iran. On the eve of the fortieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution, Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to...
View ArticleSocial Media's Role in Iran, Chemical Spills & the EPA: Who's to Blame?,...
Dr. Haroon Ullah, Chief Strategy Officer at the Broadcasting Board of Governors and author of new book, Digital World War, discusses “There is No Backup Plan: Inside the Information War for Control of...
View ArticleIran's Information War
Dr. Haroon Ullah, Chief Strategy Officer at the Broadcasting Board of Governors and author of new book, Digital World War, discusses “There is No Backup Plan: Inside the Information War for Control of...
View ArticleMassive Oil Spill Threatens East China Sea
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentThere’s a massive cloud of a colorless, toxic, highly flammable substance in the East China Sea, and it’s getting bigger.It’s from the Iranian oil...
View Article"No Murder, Yes Pork Chops," Says Comic Negin Farsad
The Iranian-American Muslim comedian and host of the podcast Fake The Nation says everything is negotiable -- even religious law. "I feel like Allah would be like, 'Get the pork chop but don't kill...
View ArticleThe Deadly Rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Frontline correspondent Martin Smith discusses his new documentary, Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, a two-part series that examines how a rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has plunged the...
View ArticleAn Iranian-American's Grand Tour of Exile
Author Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi discusses her new novel Call Me Zebra. It follows the journey of 22 year-old Zebra, who fled Iran with her family during the Iraq War and settled in New York....
View ArticleDeja Nuke: Return of the Nuclear Threat
With the threat of nuclear war once again a part of the national conversation, Reveal looks at nuclear threats both foreign and domestic. This episode takes listeners to Iran and finds out what life is...
View Article#3944: Immigrant Songs
Listen to music from Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (Japan, China, Syria, Iran), along with music from The Nile Project (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Burundi, and Egypt), as well as...
View ArticleCan Trump Make Peace with Kim Jong-Un?
Yesterday, the White House announced that President Trump would travel to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-Un to discuss the regime's nuclear program. Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss...
View Article#4089: With Sussan Deyhim and Richard Horowitz
Hear music from Sussan Deyhim and her collaboration with the artist Richard Horowitz, a media opera called “The House is Black,” based on works and life of literary icon Iranian contemporary poet...
View ArticleNew Trump Adviser Once Backed Regime Change in Iran, North Korea
The world found out via tweet that President Trump was engaging in another White House reshuffling, this time swapping out current National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, former...
View ArticleThe American Bombs Falling on Yemen
Abdulqader Hilal Al-Dabab was the mayor of Sana’a, a politician with a long record of mediating disputes in a notoriously fractious and dangerous country. Earlier in his career, he accepted a position...
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