Tag: Iran
The US intelligence community’s assessment of the Iranian threat
The U.S. intelligence community’s latest Annual Threat Assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted threats to U.S. interests, allies and influence in the Middle East posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The...
US Navy destroyer downs suicide drones, missile in Red Sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea shot down several suicide drones and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired towards it by Houthis in Yemen, AP reported on Wednesday.
The attack apparently targeted the “USS Carney,” an...
Hamas’s Haniyeh calls for terror attacks during Ramadan
Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based leader of Hamas’s “political” wing, on Wednesday urged the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” to step up attacks on Israel during Ramadan, calling for a “broad and international movement to break...
IAEA: Iran’s stockpile of high-enriched uranium has decreased, but problems remain
While Iran’s production of 60%-enriched uranium has not slowed, its stockpile of high-enriched uranium has decreased in recent months, according to recent International Atomic Energy Agency reports.
The Islamic Republic continues to increase its overall...
Exiled Iranian prince: ‘There are those who believe in death’
Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who lives in Great Falls, Va., is one of the leading Iranian opposition leaders, who has advocated for more than four decades for a free, secular and democratic...
When terrorists rule
Staffan Tillander, a retired Swedish diplomat, wrote an assessment of terrorist-stronghold territories published by the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune.
XX is only estimated to have perhaps 4 to 5000 fighters, but it thrives on rifts and conflicts...
‘Confused Seas’: The current state of maritime Affairs
For “those who go down to the sea in ships, who do work in mighty waters,” Nathan Bowditch’s “American Practical Navigator” is required reading. First published in 1802, the book remains a comprehensive guide to maritime...
Three years of Biden’s Iran appeasement are not so easily undone
It is to be hoped that three days of U.S. strikes on targets associated with Iranian-backed terror groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen will be sufficient. After months of gradually escalating chaos unleashed by...
U.S. defense secretary: No ‘all out-conflict’ between Israel, Hezbollah
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addressed the media on Thursday in his first press conference following his initially undisclosed medical incapacitation earlier this month.
Alternating between questions about his personal health and the widening crisis in...
Sa’ar to start work on bringing Iran before ICJ on genocide charges
Israeli Cabinet minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Sunday that he will begin work to bring Iran before the International Court of Justice on genocide charges.
After speaking with Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, Sa’ar...