The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it was implementing the designation of Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement as a "foreign terrorist organization" after President Donald Trump's call for the move earlier this year.
President Donald Trump wrote a letter this week to Iranian leader Ali Khamenei urging the Islamic Republic to enter negotiations and strike a deal preventing the development of nuclear weapons.
Punishing Iran was not on Donald Trump’s mind when he entered the White House in January. Rather, he had gone out of his way to declare his desire for a deal by avoiding insulting rhetoric, disavowing regime change and declaring nuclear weapons as his only red line.
These are the updates for Tuesday, February 25, 2025 as Republicans endeavour to pass a budget bill through the House.
Then US President Barack Obama negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the JCPOA in 2015 and signed it along with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Germany, the EU and Iran.