Tag: Iran
Three plans to deal with Iran’s nuclear program: Which one will go into effect?
The freshly appointed head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, made a significant announcement on Oct. 10.
Iran enriched more than 120 kilograms of uranium to the 20 percent level, he said—a...
Nearly two years after Soleimani assassination, IRGC takes over roles reserved for Quds Force
Some 21 months after a United States drone strike killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, a noticeable shift in the balance of power within the Iranian military system has taken place.
The...
US reassurances of weighing ‘other options’ on Iran start to ring hollow
Israel could be forced to attack Iran due to U.S. “appeasement,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday during a visit to Jerusalem. Such appeasement was made clearer during a press conference the...
Former Mossad chief: Iran ‘not even close to acquiring nuclear weapon’
Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said on Tuesday that Iran’s position is weaker than it has been in the past.
“I think that Iran, to this day, is not even close to acquiring a nuclear...
Angela Merkel Makes a Final Visit to Yad Vashem as Chancellor of Germany
Yesterday, 10 October 2021, the Chancellor of Germany H.E. Dr. Angela Merkel visited Yad Vashem for the sixth and final time as leader of Germany. During her informative and emotional visit to the Mount...
In Cabinet meeting with Merkel, Bennett hails Israel-Germany ‘alliance-turned-friendship’
At a special Cabinet meeting at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett greeted visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel by stating that the alliance between their two countries had “turned...
Bennett calls Cyprus plot ‘Iranian act of terror,’ rules out Israeli tycoon as sole...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that a recently foiled plot in Cyprus reportedly targeting Israeli tycoon Teddy Sagi was in fact a much wider Iranian attempt to kill Israelis residing in...
Azerbaijan denies Iranian accusations of ‘Israeli presence’ on its border
Azerbaijan issued a denial on Monday of recent accusations by Tehran of an “Israeli presence” on the country’s border with Iran.
The statement comes amid regional tensions and a major military exercise launched by Iran...
Iran’s UN rep calls Bennett’s speech ‘full of lies’
Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, assailed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, saying that the speech he delivered was “full of lies.”
“Iran-phobia runs rampant at UN,” Takht-Ravanchi tweeted. “The Israeli...
IAEA: Iran reneges on agreement to let nuclear inspectors service monitoring equipment
Iran broke an agreement to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to maintain monitoring equipment at Iranian nuclear sites, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Sunday.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi “stresses that...