Tag: Israel-Iran Tensions
Iran still seeks world domination, warns Israel’s defense minister
Israel’s defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Iranian threat does not focus solely on Israel, and that the Islamic Republic has not given up on its dreams of world domination.
Speaking at a conference...
Bennett: Israel must change course on Iran, regardless of Vienna talks
Israel must “recalibrate” its strategy with regard to Iran, and will not be obligated by a U.S. return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday.
In a speech...
Report: US warns Israel attacks on Iran nuclear facilities ‘counterproductive’
U.S. officials have warned Israel that attacks against Iran are “counterproductive” and are only encouraging Tehran to speed up its nuclear program, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Citing officials familiar with the behind-the-scenes talks between...
Gantz’s cleaner planned to charge Iranian hackers $7,000 to spy on him
Omri Goren, a cleaner formerly employed at the home of Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, charged Iranian hackers just $7,000 to spy on him.
Goren, 37, told the Iranian-affiliated hacker group Black Shadow that he would install...
US Iran envoy in Israel ahead of upcoming nuclear talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid was expected to meet with the Biden administration’s special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, on Monday.
Malley is heading a U.S. delegation on a regional trip that will also include...
Gantz: Defense budget will allow Israel to develop new tools, plans, technologies
The new Israeli defense budget expected to be approved by the Knesset this month as part of the national budget vote will enable Israel to develop new tools, operational plans and technologies to take...
Iranian hackers breach Israeli web hosting company, threaten to release sensitive data
A hacker group affiliated with Iran announced on Friday that it had breached the servers of an Israeli web-hosting company and threatened to leak data pertaining to thousands of users.
The group, calling itself “BlackShadow,”...
Iran claims cyber attack caused major damage to gas stations across country
Iran claimed on Tuesday that a cyber attack interrupted fuel sales and caused long lines at gas stations throughout the Islamic Republic, state media reported.
It noted that it remains on alert against such strikes,...
Top Iranian official vows ‘shocking’ response to any Israeli attack
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Sunday that Iran’s response to any Israeli attack would be “shocking” and cost the Jewish state “tens of thousands of billions.”
“Instead of allocating 1.5...
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...