Tag: Israel-Iran Tensions
Iranian cyber-attackers trying, and so far failing, to create panic in Israel
Iranian cyber-attackers targeting Israel have focused on trying to create panic; however, they have not activated advanced cyber-attack capabilities, say observers in Israel while cautioning that the hostile actors will continue to search for...
Turkish intelligence thwarts Iranian attack on ex-Israeli ambassador in Istanbul
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and local police have foiled multiple Iranian attempts to kidnap and kill Israelis in Istanbul, including a former Israeli ambassador and his wife, the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News reported on Thursday.
The...
‘Shadow War’: Fingers pointed at Israel over deaths of Iranian officers, scientists
Following the mysterious deaths of two scientists, an Iranian official pointed the finger at Israel, reports the New York Times in a piece about the ongoing “shadow war” between the two countries.
Ayoob Entezari, an aeronautical engineer who worked...
Israeli, Turkish intelligence foiled Iranian terror plot against Israelis
Israeli and Turkish intelligence agencies recently foiled an Iranian plot to attack Israeli targets on Turkish soil, senior Israeli officials told Ynet on Sunday.
“Things are really heating up there,” one official told Ynet, adding that Iran has...
Bennett warns Iran close to bomb as nuclear talks remain at impasse
If the West does not stop Iran’s nuclear program in its tracks then the mullahs will soon get the bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told The Telegraph in an interview on June 11.
So, where do...
Bennett to IAEA director: Israel reserves right to act against Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi on Friday, following Grossi’s arrival in Israel on Thursday night, according to a statement from Bennett’s office. Following their...
Bennett: ‘We will strike not only terrorists but those who send them’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vowed on Wednesday to strike back not only at terrorists but at those who dispatch them, including those “a thousand kilometers east of here.”
In a thinly veiled warning to...
Raisi: Tehran ‘will target Israel’s heart if it makes slightest move’
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the Islamic Republic would strike Israel’s “heart” if the Jewish state conducted any form of attack against it.
In a televised speech delivered during a military parade,...
The implications for Israel of a return to the dangerous Iran deal
According to the March 4 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),1 Iran has already accumulated:
33.2 kg. of enriched uranium to a very high level of 60% (compared to 17.7 kg in November);
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Iran forms special security unit to protect nuclear scientists, facilities
Iran is growing increasingly concerned about the potential threats to its nuclear program and related personnel, and plans to set up a special security force to protect them, Iranian media reported this week.
The new...