Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia reached a nadir over the past five years, stoking regional tensions.
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On Tuesday, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiee said that Iran had received no communications from US President-elect Joe Biden pertaining to his country's potential return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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I met Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis outside the oil town of Baiji, in Sunni northern Iraq, five years before he was killed by an American drone. The war against ISIS was at its height, and the Iranian military mastermind Qasem Soleimani — who met his end
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The outgoing secretary of state is no proponent of 'realism and restraint' regarding China and Iran, which is to his credit.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday has accused US outgoing President Donald Trump of impeding Iran's nationwide vaccination plan against COVID-19, stressing that the campaign will start despite US sanctions.
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American leftists and jihadists find common cause—once again. My latest in American Greatness: Abu Ali al-Askari, military commander of the Hezbollah Brigades (Kata’ib Hezbollah), an Iran-backed Shi’ite militia operating in Iraq, announced...
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The UK, France and Germany issued a joint statement on Saturday condemning Iran for resuming high-grade uranium enrichment in breach of the 2015 nuclear energy deal — which Washington pulled out of in 2017, re-imposing sanctions on Tehran.
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Seth J. Frantzman
Security, Middle East
Iran is clear it wants to keep its missiles and use them to deter America.
Iran has been conducting long-range missile drills days before U.S. President-elect comes to office. The goal of Tehran is to...
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Hanna Notte, Hamidreza Azizi
Iran, Middle East
Though Moscow’s stance on Iran’s regional activities might be ambivalent, Russian competition with Iran in Syria, as well as their military-defense cooperation, will afford Washington limited...
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During Donald Trump's final weeks in the Oval Office, his administration has hit Iran with an avalanche of new restrictions, most recently against dozens of individuals and business entities, both local and foreign enterprises, working in a variety...
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Iran's Rolling Blackouts & Thick Smog Blamed On 'Illegal' Bitcoin Mining
Amid crippling US-led sanctions on Iran and a continually weakened currency, enterprising young Iranians are taking advantage of the country's cheap electricity...
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TEHRAN, January 19 (Sputnik) - Iran has held talks with Russia, China and India on the potential procurement of the vaccines against the coronavirus, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday.
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Major Airstrikes Rock Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Near Baghdad, Casualties Reported
update: Moments ago US Central Command denied that the United States was involved in the reported airstrikes on Iraqi paramilitary positions south of...
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The multiply-failed establishment is back in the saddle. The Iran nuclear deal was one of the most disastrous agreements ever entered into by any American administration. Get the details in The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran. “Iran...
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In previous years, the kingdom earned notoriety as a world leader in executions, along with China and Iran.
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US Continues To Fly B-52s As 'Show of Force' Against Iran Right Up To Inauguration
Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com,
Exemplifying US hostility toward Iran, America carries out B-52 overflights of the region with increased...
Ever since Twitter suspended the account of US President Donald Trump, there have been many calls for Big Tech social-media platforms to apply the same scrutiny to foreign leaders, such as Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei. This talking point posits that...
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Iranian missiles land "roughly 100 miles from the Nimitz aircraft carrier, hitting close to a commercial ship in the Indian Ocean."
The post Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Simulated Targets in Indian Ocean first appeared on Le·gal...
The incoming Biden administration has signalled readiness to hold talks over rejoining the Iran nuclear deal. Tehran has expressed cautious optimism over the idea, but is also urging Washington to drop its crushing sanctions first and forget about...
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Joseph Trevithick
Security, Americas
The next year, the elite commandos participated in the abortive attempt to rescue American citizens in Tehran after the Iranian revolution. Eight special operators died in an accident after Washington aborted...
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