Intercepted messages reveal the Qatari government paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom money to free nationals captured while on a hunting trip in Iraq in 2015, including to groups regarded as sponsors of terrorism. A report in The Washington Post revealed that Qatar made secret payments totaling...

Israel had broken into a top-secret Iranian installation and recovered thousands of documents showing that Iran had “brazenly lied” and remains committed to a clandestine nuclear weapons program despite the 2015 nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference Monday. Hailing the recovery of Iran’s “atomic...

An overnight explosion at a Syrian military base that was powerful enough to be detected by earthquake monitors, left at least 26 people dead, including many Iranians, The New York Times reported Monday. According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors events in Syria through sources on...

A major rationale behind Iranian efforts to develop a nuclear capability has been to acquire what may be termed “immunity from prosecution.” Put simply, by possessing nuclear weapons, Iran would be able to deter both the U.S. and regional powers from intervening – militarily or otherwise – in its nefarious...

Background French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday proposed negotiations on a “new” Iran deal aimed at curbing Iran’s military power and regional activities to exist alongside the JCPOA, agreed between the Islamic Republic and six world powers in 2015. U.S. President Trump has given European signatories to the deal a...

In a speech before contestants participating in an international Koran competition, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on all Muslim nations to oppose the United States, Reuters reported Thursday. “The Iranian nation has successfully resisted bullying attempts by America and other arrogant powers and we will continue to resist,” Khamenei...