Iran

The United States and Israel announced a joint task force to enforce sanctions on Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. In a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said, “the sanctions on Iran contribute to removing a threat to Israel’s security and to the security...

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Following a foiled terror plot in Paris earlier this summer, France is restricting diplomatic travel to Iran, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an internal memo it obtained. One of the reasons for the advisory telling diplomats to suspend travel to Iran except for urgent matters, was a foiled bomb plot that...

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The Iranian regime is hunting Iranian Kurds from Iran, who fled the Islamic Republic’s repression to find refuge in the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and helped defeat ISIS, Seth J. Frantzman reported in The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) consists of a small group...

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With great fanfare, Iran unveiled what it called its first “indigenous” fighter jet outfitted with “advanced avionics,” this week. Top military officials were there for the unveiling of the Kowsar, as was President Hassan Rouhani, who even posed in the cockpit of the plane. It didn’t take long before the...

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Ahead of more restrictive United States sanction on Iran in November, both British Airways and Air France announced that they would be cancelling their service next month to Iran due to financial considerations, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. In announcing the end of its service to and from Tehran, British Airways...

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At a news conference Wednesday, John Bolton, the National Security Advisor of the United States, called Israeli airstrikes against Iranian military assets in Syria “a legitimate act of self-defense,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Bolton also noted that the U.S. under President Donald Trump had twice struck at Syria for its use...

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