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Jewish and pro-Israel groups, US politicians react to death of IRGC Quds Force Qassem...

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For the most part, Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted positively to the U.S. elimination of the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq on Thursday. “At...

Iran crossed red line with Trump administration; US, Israel, region brace for response

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The American airstrike assassination of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad early on Friday follows a major miscalculation on the part of Tehran in the decision...

Netanyahu lauds elimination of Soleimani by US forces

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the elimination on Thursday of the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, by the United States. “Trump is worthy of full appreciation for acting...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (center) with his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (second from left), in June 2013. (Wikimedia Commons)

The case for direct U.S.-Iran negotiations

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Even a cursory review of the turmoil sweeping the Middle East points to Iran as one of the main culprits behind most of the conflicts that have and continue to destabilize the region. We...
A convoy of U.S. soldiers in Syria in December 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Trump weighs sending 14,000 more troops to Mideast amid Iran threat

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The Trump administration is considering deploying as many as 14,000 additional troops, along with dozens more ships and other military capabilities, to the Middle East in the face of continuing threats from Tehran. The Wall...
Protesters in the streets of Iran demonstrating against a massive hike in gas prices by the government, November 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Leading 2020 presidential candidates voice support for Iranian protesters

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Some of the 2020 presidential candidates, including U.S. President Donald Trump, have tweeted in support of the protests in Iran against the regime that have taken the lives of hundreds of demonstrators. “Iran has become...
Hossein Salami. Source: Tasnim, Iran, June 8, 2018. (MEMRI)

IRGC commander to US, allies: ‘If you cross our red lines, we will annihilate...

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The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, warned on Monday that the United States, Israel, Britain and Saudi Arabia would be destroyed “if they cross our red lines.” “You have experienced our...
Iranian students breach the fence of the U.S. embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump administration pays tribute to 40th anniversary of Iran hostage crisis

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The Trump administration commemorated the 40th anniversary of Iranian taking over the U.S. embassy in Iran on Nov. 4, 1979, and keeping 52 U.S. diplomats and citizens hostage for a total of 444 days. “Today,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Christian Media Summit at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on Nov. 3, 2019. Photo: GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom.

Netanyahu: Arab countries now see Israel as an ‘indispensable ally’

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The Arab world’s perception of Israel is undergoing a seismic shift, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Addressing a 200-strong crowd in Jerusalem at the kick-off event of the Christian Media Summit and inauguration...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a visit to Semnan Province, Iran, on April, 17, 2016. Photo: Mohammad Reza Meysami via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran’s supreme leader: ‘We will never give up our resistance against America’

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Iran will never give up its resistance against America, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said at a recent ceremony at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer training academy. As part of the ceremony, IRGC...