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US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware on January 7, 2021. He called the US Capitol protests one of the 'darkest days' in US history. (JIM WATSON / AFP)
January 20, 2021, 6:45 pm
All the Jews Biden has tapped for top roles in his new administration
From secretary of state to attorney general, a diverse cross-section of American Jewry is set to fill seats at the incoming president’s Cabinet table and elsewhere in government
By JTA
David Cohen, seen here at a Capitol Hill hearing on Iran sanctions in 2011, was named to the No. 2 position at the Central Intelligence Agency. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images via JTA)
January 16, 2021, 1:40 pm
Biden returns David Cohen, Obama-era CIA deputy director, to his old position
Role not subject to Senate confirmation; the experienced official rose through the intelligence ranks as an Iran sanctions enforcer
By Ron Kampeas
Former CIA deputy chief David Cohen appears in an undated ohoto as an extra in "Game of Thrones. (Twitter via JTA)
April 23, 2019, 4:15 pm
CIA ‘busts cover’ of former deputy director on ‘Game of Thrones’
David Cohen is cast as an extra bearing a bowl of soup for the Sunday evening episode of the HBO fantasy series
By Ron Kampeas
David Cohen, seen here at a Capitol Hill hearing on Iran sanctions in 2011, was until recently in the number two position at the Central Intelligence Agency. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images via JTA)
August 6, 2017, 5:43 pm
Former top CIA spy warns Trump not to ‘politicize’ Iran intel
David Cohen says US president risks ‘potentially grave consequences’ with idea of pullout from nuclear deal
By Ron Kampeas
File: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 16, 2015, 4:12 am
Khamenei-run conglomerate one of Iran deal’s biggest winners
Setad, with $95 billion in estimated worth under direct control of Tehran’s supreme leader, soon to be free of US sanctions
By ToI Staff
Adam Ciralsky, seen here at the 2013 world premiere of his film ‘The Project’ in New York, was a CIA lawyer who sued the agency after his security clearance was revoked. (Photo credit: JTA/Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
February 19, 2015, 4:51 am
The ups and downs for Jews in the US security services
Even with appointment of David Cohen to CIA’s no.2 spot, in some cases, American government was overzealous in scrutiny of Jewish staffers
By Ron Kampeas
David Cohen (photo credit: United States Government Work/Flickr/File)
February 19, 2015, 4:16 am
Is scrutiny of American-Jewish intelligence staffers abating?
As David Cohen becomes CIA’s No. 2, Jews appear to have smoother sailing at security agencies
By Ron Kampeas
David Cohen (photo credit: United States Government Work/Flickr/File)
January 14, 2015, 3:08 pm
Obama taps Treasury ‘sanctions czar’ for CIA post
David Cohen, who spearheaded the financial fight against Iran, terror and Russia, to be Number 2 at spy agency
By AFP and AP
Hostage Barry Rosen and 51 others were held by student extremists at the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, for more than a year, beginning on Nov. 4, 1979. (photo credit: screenshot via YouTube)
April 3, 2014, 1:44 am
US troubled by Iran’s choice for UN ambassador
Envoy was in student group that stormed US Embassy in Tehran in 1979; Treasury sees no evidence of world rushing to do business with Tehran
By AP and ToI Staff
David Cohen (photo credit: United States Government Work/Flickr/File)
January 27, 2014, 8:54 pm
US warns Turkey against doing business with Iran
Sanctions against Islamic Republic remain in force, top Treasury official says, though some restrictions lifted under nuke deal
By AP
December 12, 2013, 1:05 am
As sanctions ease, Iran sees oil exports jump
Washington insists that a crippling sanctions regime will continue to take its toll, but new figures suggest Tehran’s economic outlook is strengthening
By ToI Staff
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (photo credit: CC-BY/dbking/Flickr)
May 15, 2013, 7:23 pm
US explores new ways to press Iran on nuke program
State Department’s nuclear negotiator with Tehran presents Congress with new range of options to deter Islamic Republic
March 9, 2013, 5:30 am
US urges European bank to cut Iran out of transfer system
‘We will continue to press the ECB to take what we think is the right step here,’ says undersecretary of the Treasury
Heavy water reactor facility near Arak, Iran (photo credit: CC-BY nanking2010/Wikipedia/File)
December 31, 2012, 2:36 pm
As sanctions take their toll, Iran edging toward negotiations, top US official claims
Tehran realizes economic pain will only worsen if it doesn’t cooperate, says David Cohen, under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence
By Gabe Fisher
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Friends of Syria conference in Paris in July. (photo credit: Brendan Smialowski/AP)
August 10, 2012, 7:22 pm
US imposes new sanctions on Assad regime and Hezbollah
Move underscores Iran’s role in propping up Bashar Assad; penalties follow Syria’s delivery of $36 million in gasoline to Iran in April
By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee
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