A nuclear scientist was just assassinated inside Iran, probably by Israel with Trump administration connivance — but, so far, the New York Times is distorting the news and ignoring the probable and dangerous Israeli/Trump motivation for the...
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The public does not know yet how it came to pass that the top Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated in Tehran Friday, but experts say that Israel did it. What we do know is that Israel has a hidden motive: It wants to destroy any chance of Joe...
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1. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist who U.S. and Israeli intelligence officials suspect was leading Iran's nuclear weapons program, was shot and killed Friday while traveling in a vehicle east of Tehran, Iranian state media said. He was...
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On Friday, top-ranking Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in the town of Absard near Tehran. Iran condemned Fakhrizadeh's assassination as an act of terrorism, which Foreign Minister Zarif blamed on Israel.
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On Friday the Iranian Defence Ministry confirmed that a high-profile physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, had been assassinated in the north of Iran, in what is being treated as a terror attack. Tehran later added there were "serious indications of...
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Hossein Dehghan, a military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Friday that the assassination of Iranian Defence Ministry official Mohsen Fakhrizadeh would not be left without response.
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Iran’s president has reiterated his hope that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would return America’s Iran policy to where he left things as vice president four years ago, rejoining Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers
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US sanctions imposed on Iran were meant to shake the country's economy and apply maximum pressure on Tehran, claims an Israeli expert. And given that they have been effective in achieving that goal, doubts run high as to whether they will be lifted...
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The Iranian embassy in Kabul said on Saturday that one of the rockets that hit the Afghan capital earlier in the day landed on the diplomatic mission's territory, adding that there were no casualties among the staff.
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On 18 November the US Treasury Department targeted the Islamic Republic of Iran with new sanctions, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisting that undoing the Trump administration's anti-Tehran restrictions would be "a dangerous choice", as...
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A new batch of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran is not the only leverage Donald Trump can use in the coming two months, say American academics, outlining the White House's potential strategy to take "irreversible" measures against...
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Tehran's skyline at night showing the Milad tower, the sixth tallest tower in the world.
REUTERS/Marius Bosch
The assassination of an Al Qaeda commander in Tehran by an Israeli hit squad would only have been undertaken at the request of...
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The recent reports of the assassination of Abu Mohammed al-Masri, al-Qaida's second in command, who was reportedly killed in an Israeli intelligence operation in Tehran during August, are certainly welcome. "Abu Muhammad al-Masri had recently begun
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(Paul Mirengoff) In August of this year, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was shot and killed by motorcycle-riding Israeli agents on the streets of an upscale Tehran suburb. Al-Masri was one of the masterminds behind...
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Several people were injured following an explosion at a gas station in Iran's capital, Tehran, Al Arabiya reported on Monday.
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We have just learned, on November 13, of the killing in Iran on August 7 of Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 man, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, who was assassinated by Israeli agents at the request, according to all reports, of the American government. The story is...
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Sebastien Roblin
Security, Middle East
They are actually more dangerous despite how they compare to the U.S. Navy ones.
Key point: Tehran is not a first-rate power. However, they still take their defense seriously and are no joke.
The Iranian...
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Ahead of the election, the Biden campaign hinted at the need to “renegotiate” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran nuclear deal, an idea which Tehran rejected out of hand. Israel lobbied Washington intensely to pull out of the JCPOA, and...
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Jassem Al Salami
History, Middle East
Necessity is the mother of invention and the Iran-Iraq War was a terrible, bloody affair.
Key point: These planes were not meant to function as bombers, but Iran modified them to do so. In fact, Tehran has...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran has enough "deterrent power" to repel any aggression coming from the regional countries masterminded by the United States, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander for Coordination Rear Adm. Ali Fadavi said on...
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