UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Planning Imminent Visit to Tehran
Grossi Seeks New Cooperation with Iranian Officials on Nuclear Program: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said on November 6 that he may travel...
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Iran reacts to Israel’s direct retaliation
Once again, in 2024, history was made in the Middle East. On October 25, Israel took credit for a long-expected military retaliation against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The attack reportedly...
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Iran ‘takes the win’ in the Middle East
If anybody has learned how to “take the win” in the Middle East since Oct. 7, it has been Iran. More than a month has passed since Iranian officials promised “bloodlust”...
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Israeli Businessman Indicted in Iranian-Orchestrated Assassination Plot Appears in Court
An Israeli businessman accused of participating in an Iranian plot to assassinate top Israeli leaders appeared in court in the city of Beersheba on September 19. A joint statement...
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Iran Reportedly Will Send Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles to Russia
Iran will imminently deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia for its war against Ukraine, Reuters reported on August 9, citing two European intelligence sources. Dozens...
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Blinken Warns of Imminent Attack on Israel
Latest Developments U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on August 4 that Iran and its Lebanese terrorist proxy Hezbollah could attack Israel within 24-48 hours, Axios reported. Blinken was speaking...
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UN Special Rapporteur: Biden Has No Clear Iran Strategy
President Joe Biden’s administration lacks a clear Iran strategy, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Iran said on July 9. Arguing that Tehran has “been...
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Pushes for ‘Maximum’ Turnout in Presidential Election Amid Voter Disillusionment
On the eve of Iran’s June 28 presidential election, the Islamic Republic’s leaders have bolstered efforts to drive voters to the polls. Yet the clerical regime faces widespread...
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Russia and Iran Agree to Deepen Security Ties
Russia is ready to expand military and technical cooperation with Iran, the Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported on April 26. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu...
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Biden’s tone-deaf Iran policy ignores what the Iranian people want: freedom, not terrorism
Persian New Year is over, but the Biden administration’s missteps continue. These own goals perfectly characterize Washington’s policy toward Tehran: inattentive and tone-deaf. Sending Iranians...
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Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction
They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction
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Ballistic Missiles Allow Iran to Act More Boldly
It has fired them into Iraq, Syria and Pakistan, and Israel is within their roughly 900-mile range.
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U.S. Sanctions Iranian Entities for Helping Russia Build Drones
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled new sanctions on February 23 against hundreds of entities complicit in Russia’s war in Ukraine, including a network of Iranian entities that...
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Iran Has Already Sent Missiles to Russia, Report Says
Iran has already provided Russia with a significant number of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and plans to send more soon, Reuters reported on February 21. Three Iranian sources...
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Iran Bolsters Missile Capacity With Satellite Launches
Iran announced on January 28 that it successfully launched into space three satellites that use technology similar to that of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The achievement...
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Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Iraq and Syria
Iran fired ballistic missiles at Iraq and Syria on January 15 at what it described as regime opponents. The strike in Iraq, which killed four civilians, hit a residential area near...
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Expiration of UN Ban on Iran’s Missile Development Will Strengthen U.S. Adversaries
United Nations (UN) prohibitions that seek to constrain Iran’s missile and drone activity are set to expire on October 18. If they do and no snapback of sanctions is initiated...
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Lax Sanctions Enforcement Has Yielded a Windfall for Iran
The regime has made much more on oil sales since Biden took office.
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Iran Launches Satellite Using Ballistic Missile Technology
The Biden administration expressed concern on September 28 over Iran’s successful launch of an imaging satellite a day earlier. The Qased rocket that launched Iran’s Noor-3 satellite...
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Iran’s Uprising Nears First Anniversary as Protests Persist
September 16 marks the first anniversary of the Iranian morality police’s murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. Her death sparked...