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Nicolas Revise
Hundreds of people protesting against the Iran nuclear deal on July 26, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Peter Duke)
July 15, 2017, 8:03 pm
Two years on, nuclear deal has fewer friends in US and Iran
Washington accuses Tehran of destabilizing Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon, either directly or through its terrorist proxies
By Nicolas Revise and Eric RANDOLPH
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 10, 2017 (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
May 10, 2017, 10:25 pm
Trump asks Russia to rein in Iran, Syria’s Assad
White House meeting with FM Lavrov comes amid tensions between US and Russia over Syrian civil war, fighting in Ukraine
By Nicolas Revise
President Donald Trump welcomes Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
May 6, 2017, 3:19 am
Will Trump save the Middle East peace process?
As he heads to the region, what, if anything, has changed to justify the president’s confidence that he can succeed where all his recent predecessors failed?
By Dave Clark and Nicolas Revise
US President Donald Trump meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 22, 2017, 12:20 pm
Coalition gathers to hear Trump Islamic State plan
Ministers from 68 nations to meet in Washington to learn about US administration’s strategy to destroy IS terror group
By Nicolas Revise and Dave Clark
The State Department in Washington, DC, December 14, 2014. (AP/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
February 8, 2017, 5:44 am
State Department silent as Trump forges foreign policy
Though Tillerson has been confirmed, Washington’s foreign policy headquarters remains mute, with many senior posts unfilled
By Dave Clark and Nicolas Revise
(L to R) Vice president-elect Mike Pence, President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney leave the clubhouse after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
November 24, 2016, 10:33 pm
Battle surrounds Trump’s secretary of state pick
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani front-runners for top diplomat spot
By Mandel NGAN and Nicolas Revise
An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
November 13, 2016, 10:38 am
Can Trump rip up the Iran deal? Easier said than done
Rolling back one of the policy centerpieces of Obama’s term could isolate the US, alienate international allies, and play into the Iranians’ hands
By Nicolas Revise
Migrants and refugees lay on the pavement in Victoria Square, central Athens, on February 29, 2016. (AFP / PANAYOTIS TZAMAROS)
March 1, 2016, 5:47 am
US under pressure to take lead in Syria migrant crisis
American officials worry that influx of refugees could destabilize European Union, and that it’s only getting worse
By Nicolas Revise and Dave Clark
Syrians gather at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs on February 21, 2016. (AFP / STRINGER)
February 22, 2016, 6:49 am
IS bombs kill over 150 as US, Russia press Syria truce
Jihadist group claims car bomb, twin suicide attacks targeting Shiite shrine near Damascus; Kerry says ceasefire could begin in coming days
By Maher Al Mounes and Nicolas Revise
US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) walks back into a negotiation session with Iran's foreign minister over Iran's nuclear program, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 19, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Brian Snyder, Pool)
March 20, 2015, 12:36 pm
Nuclear talks pick up pace after fresh appeal from Obama
Fifth day of negotiations underway in Switzerland; Iranian foreign minister says ball in US, allies’ court
By Nicolas Revise, Simon Sturdee and Andrew BEATTY
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. (AFP/Brian Snyder, Pool)
March 17, 2015, 12:44 am
‘Rollercoaster’ Iran nuclear talks in the balance
Officials express doubts that deal will be reached by the March 31 deadline
By Danny Kemp, Nicolas Revise and Simon Sturdee
From left, Ernest Moniz, John Kerry, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Ali Akhbar Salehi meeting in Switzerland in March 2015 (US State Department)
March 16, 2015, 11:17 am
Kerry, Zarif reconvene as Iran nuke talks hit crunch time
With two weeks before deadline, secretary of state says he hopes deal possible in coming days
By Nicolas Revise and Simon Sturdee
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Saturday, March 14, 2015 (photo credit: AP/Brian Snyder, Pool)
March 15, 2015, 4:21 pm
US, Iran in fresh push for nuclear agreement
As a final deal emerges, John Kerry says now is the ‘time to get it done’ before March 31 deadline
By Simon Sturdee and Nicolas Revise
Foreign Ministers from the P5+1 nations - Philip Hammond of the United Kingdom, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Wang Yi of China, Baroness Catherine Ashton of the European Union, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, John Kerry of the United States, and Laurent Fabius of France - look for their place marks before taking a "family photo" in Vienna, Austria, on November 24, 2014. (photo credit: US State Department)
December 13, 2014, 5:32 pm
France, US uneasy bedfellows as they seek Iran deal
European powers don’t ‘want a deal at any cost,’ Paris concerned Obama administration desperate for foreign policy coup
By Nicolas Revise
From left to right: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, US Secretary of State John Kerry, former EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier meet for the dinner at the residence of British ambassador in Vienna on November 23, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP/POOL/ JOE KLAMAR)
November 24, 2014, 1:19 am
World powers discuss extending Iran deal deadline
Last-ditch diplomatic blitz in Vienna to secure agreement appears unable to bridge major differences
By Nicolas Revise and Simon Sturdee
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