Yeganeh Torbati
By Yeganeh Torbati
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Fast Forward Steve Mnuchin Tells Yale Classmates: I’m Not Quitting On Trump
Urged by his Yale University classmates to resign as treasury secretary following President Donald Trump’s response to a white nationalist protest, Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday he would stay in office and that Trump “in no way, shape or form” equates neo-Nazis with peaceful protesters. Mnuchin stood beside the president at a Tuesday news conference…
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Breaking News ANALYSIS: Will Donald Trump Win Kill Iran Nuclear Deal?
Donald Trump’s election as president raises the prospect the United States will pull out of the nuclear pact it signed last year with Iran, alienating Washington from its allies and potentially freeing Iran to act on its ambitions. Outgoing President Barack Obama’s administration touted the deal, a legacy foreign policy achievement, as a way to…
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Breaking News Iranian Americans Find Unity in Backing Nuclear Deal
On the day U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a historic nuclear agreement last month, Hadi Partovi threw an impromptu party in his backyard outside Seattle, setting in motion a rare expression of solidarity among the country’s most prominent Iranian-Americans. Partovi, who has invested in or advised some of the most well-known global companies, including Facebook,…
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Breaking News Many States Will Keep Iran Sanctions Despite Deal
(Reuters) — As the United States and Iran come closer to a historic nuclear deal, many U.S. states are likely to stick with their own sanctions on Iran that could complicate any warming of relations between the long-time foes. In a little known aspect of Iran’s international isolation, around two dozen states have enacted measures…
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