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Iran announces execution of ‘spy’ for CIA, Mossad

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The Islamic Republic executed a man on Monday for espionage on behalf of American and Israeli intelligence, the Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported. According to the report, the Iranian judiciary announced that Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd had provided the...
A look at Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Credit: amanderson2 via Flickr.

Rumblings of regional strife in the Caucasus could make its way to Israel

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One of the most unexpected, lesser known and not often reported bilateral relationships is the ties between Israel and Azerbaijan. While both countries are small, Israel is constantly garnering global headlines and attention for...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with a billboard of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the background. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

How Iran uses charities and humanitarian organizations as cover to export its revolution

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A new report that maps out the ways in which Iran’s overseas elite unit, the Quds Force, operates in Syria under various guises has called on the United States to designate three organizations tied to the...
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Iran executes former defense staffer accused of selling secrets to CIA

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The Iranian judiciary announced on Tuesday that it had executed a former defense ministry staffer who sold information to the CIA, reported Reuters. According to the report, based on Iranian news sources, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press regarding the Iranian nuclear program, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Report: Mossad thwarts multiple Iranian attacks on Israeli embassies

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The Mossad has prevented multiple Iranian attacks against Israeli embassies in Europe and elsewhere, Channel 12 reported on Monday night. According to the report, the Mossad cooperated with local intelligence agencies to prevent the attacks, whose exact...
Hamas deputy political chief Salah al-Arouri presents an image of Jerusalem to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 22, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Khamenei calls on Hamas, PA to unify in fighting Israel’s sovereignty bid

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday commended Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh for his actions to thwart Israel’s plan to apply Jewish sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria.  “Dear...
U.S. President Donald Trump carries an umbrella as he walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on June 20, 2020, en route to Tulsa, Okla. Credit: Tia Dufour/The White House.

Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump, US calls it ‘propaganda stunt’

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Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of others it has accused of being behind the U.S. drone strike that eliminated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan....
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran’s coronavirus death toll approaches 10,000

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Iran’s COVID-19 death toll is nearing 10,000, with 2,531 new cases and 133 deaths recorded during the past day alone, the country’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. This latest surge follows a fall in cases...
Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie brief the press at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2017. Credit: Department of Defense Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro.

US general: Soleimani killing has had ‘significant effect’ in deterrence against Iran

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The elimination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani by the United States earlier this year has had “significant effect” in deterring the Iranian threat, though the Islamic Republic remains the greatest threat in the...

Iranian President Rouhani: Coronavirus will be here for a long time

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On June 7, the Iranian government reported 2,364 new coronavirus cases. More than 170,000 cases have been officially reported in Iran so far, as well as 8,000 dead. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on June 6...