The Islamic Republic of Iran threatened Wednesday to resume higher-level enrichment of uranium and announced the scaling back of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear accord, a year after the United States pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). In a speech broadcast on national television, Iranian...

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The United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to send a “clear and unmistakable message” to the Islamic Republic of Iran, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton announced Sunday. The White House official said the U.S. was...

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The leader of the Iranian-sponsored Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has repeated his threat to invade Israel’s northern Galilee region. In a speech aired on Lebanese television on May 2, Nasrallah said: “The resistance can penetrate the Galilee and the enemy knows it.” Commemorating three years since the death...

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Amnesty International called Wednesday on the Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels in Yemen, who fight the internationally recognized government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to immediately release 10 journalists held for nearly four years on trumped-up spying charges. The men have been held since the summer of 2015 and were formally charged...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that Iran is instructing Houthi rebels in Yemen to violate a fragile ceasefire agreement reached in December between the Tehran-sponsored rebel group and the internationally recognized Yemeni government. The Houthis “continue to refuse to comply with the agreements that they signed up...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday designating all U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorists and declaring the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism. The legislation passed the Iranian parliament last week in response to Washington’s decision in April to designate the country’s Islamic...

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Two 17-year-old boys have been “secretly” flogged and executed in southern Iran, according to a report from Amnesty International, which slammed the country for its “utter disdain for international law and the rights of children.” The cousins – Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat – were arrested and convicted of multiple...

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The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on several individuals and entities that Washington said are involved in schemes to help the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization, Hezbollah, evade U.S. sanctions. Two individuals – a Lebanese man and a Belgian national – and three entities, including one based in Britain and two...

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The Iranian-sponsored Houthi militia fighting the internationally-recognized government in Yemen said Monday that their missiles could reach the Saudi capital of Riyad, as well as tourist hotspots in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Iran is using Yemen as a testing ground for its ballistic missile program, as...

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The United States is offering up to $10 million for information that would disrupt the cash flow of the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization, Hezbollah. In a list released on Monday, the State Department explained how to receive a reward: providing the names of Hezbollah donors, businesses or investments owned or controlled...

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