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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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United States intelligence agencies are alarmed by a series of cargo flights from Iran to Syria that they believe could be transporting weapons systems that could threaten Israel, CNN reported Wednesday. While CNN noted that flights between Iran and Syria are not uncommon, the flights concerning U.S. intelligence occurred in...

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On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver gave a passionate defense of the nuclear deal with Iran. The Israel Project identified Oliver’s main arguments in favor of the JCPOA and explained the shortcomings in his analysis. The Israel Project maintains that the major flaws of the agreement must be fixed:...

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There’s a famous quote attributed to Henry Wotton that “An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.” If one takes this aphorism to heart, it is not limited to ambassadors, but to anyone in a nation’s foreign policy establishment. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...

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The international office of the Baha’i Faith community, a religious minority denomination persecuted across the Middle East, has warned of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel’s “genocidal intent” against their people in Yemen. On March 23rd, 2018, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthis, in a televised speech “vehemently vilified and denounced...

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As part of a global cyber-attack, Iranians hackers targeted at least 23 German universities, stealing unpublished research, dissertations, and conference reports, the magazine Der Spiegel reported (link in German) on Friday. According to the report, the cyber-attacks started in 2014 and can be traced back to the Tehran Mabna Institute, a...

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Iran’s involvement in Yemen should be framed as part of its expansionist agenda in the Middle East region and larger proxy war with Saudi Arabia. Matters came to a head as a result of the Houthi’s seizure of the country’s capital Sana’a in September 2014. In March of 2015, a...

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