In the nearly two weeks since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Israeli agents had recovered thousands of files documenting Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program, two experts in nuclear weapons technology expressed that the Israeli intelligence coup provided a “jackpot” of information and that the files show that Iran never...

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The United States Treasury Department, working with authorities in the United Arab Emirates, broke up a money laundering scheme that provided millions of dollars to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), Reuters reported Thursday. Treasury designated six individuals and three business entities for their role in the scheme. The...

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Following unsuccessful rocket attacks on the Golan Heights, Israel struck back overnight at dozens of Iranian targets inside Syria, The New York Times reported Thursday. According to the IDF, some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli positions on the Golan Heights by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC)-Quds Force troops. Four of...

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Recent remarks by public figures – both official and unofficial – in the Arab world signal a process of realignment in the Middle East, in which Israel is more accepted, and Iran is increasingly isolated. In a sign of warming ties between Israel and some Arab countries, Bahrain has backed the...

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Residents of the Gulf States who are allied with the United States expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Reuters reported Wednesday. “Iran used economic gains from the lifting of sanctions to continue its activities to destabilise the region, particularly...

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Syria accused Israel of launching an airstrike against a military installation near Damascus overnight in which eight Iranians were allegedly killed, Ynet reported Wednesday. The reported airstrike targeted an installation in the Al-Kiswah region southwest of Damascus. Israeli is believed to have struck that base in December of last year. The...

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Continuing a process that he began last October when he said that he would no longer certify the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States would withdraw from the deal. In a short statement Trump laid...

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Ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected announcement that the United States will exit the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran’s rial reached record lows against the dollar, Reuters reported Tuesday. A website that tracks free market foreign exchange rates, Bonbast.com, had the rial selling 65,000 for a dollar. At the end of...

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Background The Iranian-controlled terror group Hezbollah and its political allies scored significant gains in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon, the first to be held in nine years, according to preliminary results published on Monday. Hezbollah — and by extension, Iran — has achieved what amounts to complete political and military...

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President Donald Trump said that he will make his decision about whether or not the United States will stay in the nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday May 8 at 2 PM, Bloomberg News reported Monday. It is unclear whether or not Trump will stay in the deal. If Trump...

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