Japanese oil wholesalers have said that they will stop importing Iranian oil next month ahead of United States sanctions that will be reimposed on the sector in November, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported Monday. News of the Japanese decision comes as Iran’s rial has hit a new low against...

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Western intelligence sources said that Iran has used an ostensibly civilian airline to transport arms to Hezbollah via indirect routes to Beirut’s international airport to evade detection two times during the past two months, Fox News reported Monday. On July 9, a Boeing 747 belonging to Qeshm Fars Air left a...

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Iran has transferred a number of short-range ballistic missiles to proxy forces in Iraq, which could threaten Israel, Saudi Arabia, or American forces in Iraq, Reuters reported Friday, citing multiple sources. The sources included three Iranian officials, two Iraqi and two Western intelligence sources. A number of the sources said...

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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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Following a report released this week by a cybersecurity firm, social media giants Facebook and Twitter shut down hundreds of accounts, including many from Iran, for engaging in what Facebook called “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on the platforms, Wired reported Tuesday. The report issued by FireEye on Tuesday said that the...

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