The State Department has quietly permitted Tehran to continue conducting sensitive nuclear work, including at a secretive military site that once housed the Islamic Republic's weapons program, despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's demand that all such work cease last year. These waivers, which have allowed Iran to legally continue its lucrative oil trade and nuclear [...]
Tehran’s countermoves against President Trump’s declaration also included designating U.S. troops in the region as terrorists. Iran is countering U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of its Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization with its own declaration that the U.S. is a “state sponsor of terrorism” and that American forces in the region are “terrorist groups,” says Al-Jazeera, [...]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a “foreign terrorist organization,” an unprecedented move against a national armed force that could have widespread implications for US personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. Officials informed of the step said an announcement was expected Monday, after a monthslong escalation in [...]
A meeting of the two leaders follows a Monday phone call in which regional issues were discussed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Russia Thursday, before Israel’s election next week, to talk with President Vladimir Putin, his office announced on Tuesday. The meeting follows a phone conversation the two had Monday in which “the situation [...]
White House official: “To allow the Golan to be controlled by the Syrian and Iranian regimes would turn a blind eye to the threats.” U.S. President Donald Trump’s proclamation to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights is reportedly part of a greater strategy. It is, in fact, “part of a larger effort by the White House to [...]
Hassan Rouhani vowed on Friday that Iran would challenge Trump’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which the Jewish state gained control over 52 years ago. Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani said Friday that Iranians would “resist” the Trump administration’s recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory the Jewish state won in battle [...]
Sources in the Gaza Strip and in Egypt on Tuesday said that the launch of a long-range rocket at the Sharon area was orchestrated by Iran in order to influence the Israeli elections, Israel Hayom, which is openly supportive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reported. The launch was apparently executed “over the head” of the Hamas [...]
Five Democratic presidential candidates say they want to restart the Iran deal, an issue which may be a “litmus test” for the Democratic field. At least five Democratic presidential candidates say they will reignite the Iran nuclear deal, according to a survey published Thursday by Al-Monitor, a Washington, D.C. based news site focusing on the Middle [...]
With such dire promises of conflict, it would be expected that the international news media and politicians around the world would have something to say about the situation. Iran’s military activities and clear public threats to annihilate Israel continue to grow in frequency and intensity. These moves not only instill fear, as they are doubtless meant to do; [...]
Iran has hundreds of ballistic missiles in its arsenal, while its proxy, Hezbollah, has an estimated 130,000 projectiles. All of Israel’s future conflicts will see major enemy fire on the civilian home front, meaning that air defense is more crucial than ever, a former Israel Air Force chief has told JNS following the start of an Israeli-American joint [...]
