New details have emerged of a possible 25-year-long strategic pact between Iran and China.
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A Lebanese businessman, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to violating U.S. sanctions, was released from U.S. federal prison last month and is now back in Lebanon, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a report by...
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James Holmes
Security, Middle East
Iran couldn't be another Nazi Germany—even if it wanted to be.
Here's What You Need To Remember: Iran is boxed in by potential enemies, preventing it from becoming a regional hegemon.
When pondering some...
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Matthew Petti
Security,
The country has been rocked by fires and explosions, which some reports blame on Israel and the United States.
Iranian authorities announced that they had broken up an alleged spy ring on Monday, but continue to downplay...
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But remember: if you suggest that Sharia may not be compatible with the principles of a free society, you’re a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” “Man executed for drinking alcohol is one of 123 executions in Iran in 2020,”...
Juan Cole is interviewed by Myriam Sabbaghi of the National Iranian American Council:
We are living in an era of plague, economic depression, and civil unrest. We worry about our loved ones every day as tensions between the US and Iran increase, and...
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A retired Iranian British engineer detained in Iran since 2017 on spying charges that he denies has decided to speak up for the first time about alleged human rights abuses at the Tehran jail where he is imprisoned.Anoosheh Ashoori is the latest of...
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Iran Says Radar Operator "Forgot" To Make Crucial Adjustment, Leading To Airline Downing
Tyler Durden
Sun, 07/12/2020 - 17:30
Iran has made a key announcement revealing shocking details behind the tragic downing of Ukraine...
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Ted SniderSatellite images of Natanz Nuclear Plant. (Photo: Google [before] and Iran International [after])
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Michael Rubin
Security, Middle East
Not exactly: The turn to China fulfills an often-unhappy Iranian historic pattern that predates the Islamic Republic. When Iran is weak or feels exploited by outside powers, it turns to other countries it hopes...
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Iran claims “human error” was responsible for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane earlier this year that killed all 176 people on board.The Iranian Civil Aviation authority said late Saturday, “A failure occurred due to a human error in...
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Lebanon's top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday, saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline. Lebanon is suffering a...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing 176 people.
The report...
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Iran’s economy must stay open despite a rise in the number of coronavirus infections, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday. He called for a ban on large gatherings, such as at weddings and wakes, to limit the spread of the disease.Iran reported...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that lockdowns meant to curb the spread of the pandemic could lead to street protests over economic problems, his website reported
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Some officials say that a joint American-Israeli strategy is evolving — some might argue regressing — to a series of short-of-war clandestine strikes.
Iraj Harirchi, the regime’s Deputy Health Minister, told the state news agency, ILNA, today, “We are faced with an unprecedented death toll. Lifting the restrictions has left us with 200 people dying in the past 24 hours. If...
Tehran (AFP) – Iran said on Saturday that it cannot afford to shut down its sanctions-hit economy, even as the
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Mark Episkopos
Security,
Here's why.
Key Point: The Iranian Air Force is patently incapable of defending the entirety of Iran’s airspace with conventional means.
The geopolitical struggle between Washington and Tehran is anything but new,...
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The story is here. “Nearly three quarters of Iran’s main centrifuge assembly hall was destroyed by the recent explosion there, Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) president David Albright has told The Jerusalem...
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