Tens of thousands of Iranians celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Thursday by marching in Tehran and chanting “Death to America and Israel.” Judging by the tone of the celebrations, “if you thought anti-American sentiment in Iran had waned after the nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions, you...

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Satellite images show that Iran has continued construction on a possible underground military complex and has tried to hide evidence that it tested explosives that could be used in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. The satellite images of the Parchin military base, which were taken on January 19...

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The Obama administration’s Middle East policy effectively serves as “legitimization of Iranian spheres of influence throughout the region, especially in Iraq and Syria,” Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote in an analysis for Tablet on Thursday. Badran observed that President Barack Obama has stated that he...

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The head of Iran’s armed forces said that Tehran does “not pay attention” to United Nations resolutions banning its development of ballistic missiles, and indicated that its missile program is a threat against Iran’s enemies, including Israel, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency. “Iran’s missile capability and its missile program will become stronger,”...

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Iran announced that it now has access to more than $100 billion in previously frozen assets due to sanctions relief granted by the nuclear deal, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The sum claimed by Tehran is nearly twice the estimate given last month by Secretary of State John Kerry, who said that...

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The nuclear deal with Iran “will neither make the Middle East safer nor fundamentally change the nature of the Iranian regime and its conduct in the region,” former Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Maria Terzi wrote in an op-ed for Politico Europe on Wednesday. Terzi, who also served as Italy’s ambassador to...

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Israeli opposition politician and Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid said that the nuclear deal with Iran will fund the next war that the Islamic Republic’s proxies will wage against Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. “Secretary of State [John] Kerry said himself last week that some of the sanctions...

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There are growing concerns that the $1.7 billion payment the United States released to Iran last week amounted to a ransom for the freedom of American hostages held by the Islamic Republic, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Thursday. According to the Journal, the money was wired to Tehran...

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The commander of Iran’s Basij militia said that the $1.7 billion the United States agreed to pay Iran to settle outstanding debts was a ransom for the release of five American hostages over the weekend, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. “This money was returned for the freedom of...

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Robert Gates, the first secretary of defense under President Barack Obama, said that the idea that Iran will moderate its aggressive behavior in the Middle East as a result of the nuclear deal “is mistaken,” Armin Rosen of Business Insider reported on Wednesday. “My view is that the belief that Iran over...

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