The British Ministry of Defence confirmed Wednesday that three Iranian ships tried to block the passage of a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and a naval vessel had to intervene. The ministry said in a statement that, “Contrary to international law, three Iranian vessels attempted to impede...

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The Iranian regime has never “repurposed” the Fordow uranium enrichment facility as required by the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the Islamic Republic and world powers, the Institute for Science and International Security said in an explosive report Wednesday. The deal stated, “Iran will convert the Fordow...

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The United States warned Wednesday that sanctions against Iran would soon be “increased substantially,” after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the Islamic Republic had exceeded a limit on enriched uranium in a substantial violation of the 2015 nuclear accord. “Iran has long been secretly ‘enriching,’ in total...

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Iranian security services raided the homes of eight Iranian converts to Christianity on July 1 in the southern city of Bushehr, hustling them off to solitary confinement, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post. The arrest was first reported on Friday by Article 18, an organization that promotes religious freedom...

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An oil tanker owned by British Petroleum (BP) is sheltering inside the Persian Gulf amid fears it could be seized in an act of aggression by Iran, Bloomberg reported Monday. The theocratic regime in Tehran threatened to retaliate after the British navy seized an Iranian oil tanker entering the Mediterranean...

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that Iran has enriched uranium past the 3.67 percent limit agreed in the 2015 nuclear accord, confirming an earlier announcement by the Iranian regime. The confirmation by the UN nuclear watchdog came amid warnings from Tehran that the county could soon start...

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Iran warned Saturday that Britain “should be scared” of reciprocal measures for the capture of an Iranian oil tanker by the British navy in Gibraltar in the early hours of Thursday morning as the vessel was believed to have been carrying oil to Syria, in violation of European Union sanctions....

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Iran announced Sunday that it was moving forward with breaching critical commitments of the 2015 nuclear accord by enriching uranium to levels that could eventually be used for a nuclear weapon, in an aggressive move that brings the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) closer to collapse. In an interview...

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The United States announced on Tuesday that it has identified Husain Ali Hazzima, a senior Hezbollah operative, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). In a statement, the U.S. Department of State said that Hazzima is the chief of Hezbollah Unit 200, which is the intelligence branch of the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization....

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Israel will be annihilated in half an hour if the United States retaliates against Iran over a string of unprovoked attacks, a senior Iranian lawmaker warned Monday in an interview with a Tehran-based Arabic language network. “If the U.S. attacks us, only half an hour will remain of Israel’s lifespan,”...

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