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The Khordad 15, a surface-to-air missile battery. Credit: Iranian Defense Ministry.

Report: Indications show Iran has put some air-defense systems on ‘high alert’

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There are “several” indications Iran has parts of its air-defense system on “high alert” following mysterious explosions occurring throughout the country, reported CNN on Thursday, citing “a U.S. official who is closely tracking developments.” The move means...
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei on March 13, 2018. Credit: Mahmood Hosseini via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran warns Israel against creating ‘narratives’ regarding Natanz incident

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Iran on Tuesday warned Israel against creating “norm-breaking narratives” regarding attacks on its nuclear facilities, saying that doing so crossed a “red line.” Referring to the recent explosion at its underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility,...
Anti-aircraft guns at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Gantz: Israel not ‘necessarily’ behind every incident in Iran

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Sunday that the country is not behind every incident that occurs in Iran. He made his comments in the wake of fires that broke out at the Natanz nuclear...
Recent activity at the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. Credit: ImageSat International.

Iran calls demand for access to suspicious sites ‘unconstructive’

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Iran criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday for issuing a resolution demanding that Tehran provide access to two suspected nuclear sites. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi called the resolution “a completely...
UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2008 on May 13, 2008. Photo: Imre Solt via Wikimedia Commons.

UAE: Israel should not annex West Bank territory

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A senior United Arab Emirates official tweeted on Monday that Israel should not move to annex parts of West Bank since it would damage the future peace process. “Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands...
This picture, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center, Iran. Credit: Iranian Defense Ministry.

IRGC claims to have put first Iranian military satellite in orbit

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Wednesday that it had put its first military satellite, called “Noor,” into orbit in a surprise launch. According to the official IRGC website, the satellite successfully reached an...
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin. Credit: Ricky Harris/The White House.

Why is Mnuchin pushing for a return to appeasement of Iran?

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The tyrants of Tehran are in trouble. The coronavirus pandemic has hit Iran particularly hard. That’s due, in no small measure to the fact that, like their counterparts in China, the theocrats running the...
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, senior White House advisers and senior military personnel, delivers remarks during a national televised address Jan. 8, 2020, responding to the retaliatory missile strikes against U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House.

Can Trump’s Iran policy succeed in the long run?

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The following was delivered in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual Leadership Mission in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2020: Our focus today is on hot spots in the...
High Representative of the European Union Josep Borell, Oct. 7, 2019. Source: European Parliament via Wikimedia Commons.

Top EU diplomat heads to Tehran for nuclear talks

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European Union High Representative Josep Borrell is scheduled to visit Iran on Monday on his first trip since taking office, with the aim of reducing tensions over the country’s nuclear program, according to officials...
The Arak nuclear plant, an Iranian 40-megawatt (thermal) heavy-water reactor. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump administration to renew foreign firms’ waivers for work at Iranian nuclear sites

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The Trump administration is expected to continue allowing Russian, Chinese and European companies to keep operating at Iranian nuclear facilities despite U.S. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, a source familiar with the...