/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1847/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-iran-us-crisis-304040 <p>Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East. Soleimani, a general who headed the overseas arm of the Revolutionary Guards, was regarded as the second most powerful figure after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8">Reuters</a>)</p> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:10:38 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 196203 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-israel-and-iran-trade-fire-287155 <p>Iran says it is ready to restart its nuclear program on an "industrial scale" in the wake of the decision by US President Donald Trump to abandon the deal that curbs the country's nuclear ambitions. (source <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/middleeast/iran-israel-syria-intl/index.html">CNN</a>)</p> <p> </p> Fri, 11 May 2018 18:52:26 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 39875 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-trump-pulls-out-iran-nuclear-deal-287102 <p>"Trump pulls U.S. out of 'disastrous' Iran nuclear deal, will restore sanctions; President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the U.S. will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, dealing a profound blow to U.S. allies and potentially deepening the president's isolation on the world stage." (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-1.4653154">CBC)</a></p> Tue, 08 May 2018 20:33:32 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 39588 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/coderre-visit-iran-263486 <p>Denis Coderre made “an early October side trip to Iran to meet the mayor of Tehran, a prominent figure in the country’s repressive theocracy.” (<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/news/montreal-mayor-denis-coderre-had-a-quiet-mission-to-iran-and-now-people-have-noticed">The National Post</a>)</p> Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:13:29 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26288 at /newsroom /newsroom/rex-brynen Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:23:10 +0000 Anonymous 23404 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/iran-nuclear-deal-july-14-253951 <p> Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:04:23 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24324 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supreme-court-judgement-zahra-kazemis-case-239390 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:32:05 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21227 at /newsroom