Satellite images obtained over the summer confirm charges made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September that Iran had a secret nuclear warehouse in Tehran, a team of weapons inspectors wrote in a paper published Thursday. The paper — authored by David Albright, Olli Heinonen, Frank Pabian, and Andrea...

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The United States special representative for Iran warned Thursday that “the lethality and reach” of the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program is growing as “Tehran is intent…to deepen its presence throughout the region,” The Algemeiner reported. Brian Hook made the comments at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., in front...

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The European Union slammed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s reference to Israel as a “cancerous tumor,” calling the description “totally unacceptable,” The Times of Israel reported Monday. “President Rouhani’s remarks bringing into question Israel’s legitimacy are totally unacceptable,” a spokesperson for the EU said in an official statement. “They are also...

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The Institute for Science and International Security published a paper Tuesday containing new details about Iran’s nuclear weapons program and demanding that the International Atomic Energy Agency ensure that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is “ended in an irretrievable permanent manner.” The latest report — authored by David Albright, a former weapons...

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The ongoing Paris trial of fifteen defendants linked to Hezbollah is a sign that Europe needs to “cease minimizing the threat” from the Iran-backed terror group, two experts in terror finance asserted in a report published Monday. Despite the implications of the case, Toby Dershowitz and Serena Frechter, respectively, the...

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a short-range ballistic missile against Saudi-led forces backing the internationally-recognized government of Yemen, Seth Frantzman reported  Monday in The Jerusalem Post. Citing reports in the Iranian media, Frantzman wrote that the missile, called the Badr P-1, had been unveiled last month by Houthi forces boasting that...

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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks on the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal, said Iranian authorities must stop using dual citizens as political tools and called for the immediate release of prisoners including charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Sky News reported. “I arrive...

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The United States Coordinator for Counterterrorism said that Iran spends nearly $1 billion annually supporting terrorist groups across the Middle East, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe reported Thursday. Of the total, Amb. Nathan Sales said that Iran gives $700 million to the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah; $100 million to Hamas and other...

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The United States increased pressure on European banks and firms that engage in a special European Union initiative to protect trade with Iran, warning them on Thursday that they will be at risk from newly reimposed U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported. “European banks and European companies know that we will vigorously...

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The documents in an archive seized by Israel show that Iran had “more advanced capabilities to make nuclear weapons themselves,” according to a paper being prepared by an anti-proliferation think tank, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday. Foreign Policy, which saw an early draft of the paper being produced by the Institute...

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