Iran

Iran is shipping arms to Russia via a smuggling route into Syria, which would violate the terms of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231, which implemented the 2015 nuclear deal, according to Western intelligence agencies. “In June, two airplanes from Iran flew directly to the Khmeimim Air Base [southeast of...

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CIA Director Mike Pompeo warned that Iran and Hezbollah’s growing presence in Venezuela poses a serious threat to the United States. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Pompeo observed that the chaos in Venezuela has the potential to negatively impact the U.S. “The Cubans are there; the Russians are...

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An exclusive investigation by Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw has revealed that Iranian-backed Shiite militia group Hashd al-Shaabi has trained hundreds of child soldiers in northern Iraq, in violation of international humanitarian law. Commanders of the Hashd al-Shaabi troops, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), performed the military training in...

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Kuwait announced the capture of twelve members of a terror cell linked to Hezbollah and Iran, who had been charged with planning attacks across the nation on Saturday. The suspects had been captured in different parts of Kuwait, Agence France-Presse reported. They had been on the run for weeks since they...

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In a speech before Iran’s parliament on Tuesday, newly reelected President Hassan Rouhani threatened that if the United States continued to impose new non-nuclear sanctions on Iran, Iran could resume its nuclear program at a more advanced level than before the negotiations began. “The new US administration officials should know...

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Iran’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to increase the country’s budget for its ballistic missiles program and the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in a direct challenge to new sanctions announced by the Trump administration against the Islamic Republic earlier this month. Some lawmakers shouted “Death to America” after...

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