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A billboard displaying Iranian Ayatollahs Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Khamenei. Credit: erdalislakphotography/Shutterstock.

Iran is fighting two parallel shadow wars, partly to seek retaliation

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Recent events have demonstrated that Iran is engaging in two, parallel “shadow wars”: one against Israel and the second is against the United States. The explosive attack against an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of...
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Who killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh?

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is dead. That much seems to be true. But how—and more importantly, why—the Iranian nuclear scientist died is a mystery, despite the venerable London-based Jewish Chronicle publishing a “world exclusive” headlined, “Truth Behind killing of...
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian intelligence minister: Israel did not kill Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

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Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said on Sunday that despite multiple claims to the contrary by the regime, top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was not assassinated by Israel, but rather by a former...
Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami. Credit: Wikipedia.

Iranian general: ‘Strong evidence’ Israel behind hit on nuclear mastermind

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Iran on Wednesday again blamed Israel for the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, claiming that it had “strong evidence” of Jerusalem’s involvement in the Nov. 27 killing of the man believed to be the head...
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley lights a menorah on the eighth night of Hannukah alongside IDF Cpt. Josh Gerstein and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi in IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, Dec. 17, 2020. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

Amid Iranian threat, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley visits Israel

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Amid the Iranian threat, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley visited Israel on Thursday as part of an overseas trip. During the two-day stop in Israel, Milley met with Israel...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Feb. 6, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Experts say Iran likely to delay retaliation against Israel for assassinated nuclear scientist

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In the aftermath of the assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last month, Iranian officials were quick to blame Israel and vowed imminent revenge. While Israel has put its embassies abroad on high alert...
An Israeli flag draped over a sign in Tehran that reads: "Thank you, Mossad." Source: Twitter.

Banner over busy Tehran street reads: ‘Thank you, Mossad’

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In what can only be considered a remarkable sight, a banner thanking the Israeli spy agency Mossad—with an Israeli flag draped over it—was seen on a pedestrian bridge over a busy thoroughfare in the...
U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Elliott Abrams. Credit: U.S. State Department.

Abrams predicts Iran unlikely to retaliate for Fakhrizadeh assassination

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Iran is most likely not going to retaliate in the wake of the assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, so as not to jeopardize the chance of...
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Credit: Tasnim News Agency via Wikiedmedia Commons.

Hezbollah Brigades: ‘Evil triangle’ of Israel, US, Saudi Arabia behind assassination

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Following the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27, the Hezbollah Brigades, an Iraqi Shi’ite militia loyal to Iran, released a statement in which it referred to the assassination as “a...
The site of the assassination and vehicle of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran. Nov. 27, 2020. Cresit: Fars News Agency.

UAE and Jordan condemn assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist

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The United Arab Emirates and Jordan condemned on Sunday the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an operation for which Tehran has blamed Israel. “The Emirates condemns the crime of the assassination...