• Sulaimani has also been spotted near the town of Abu Kamal, which sits just across the border from the Iraqi city of Qaim and is the last piece of the land bridge that Iran seeks to establish from Tehran to Beirut. (gulfnews.com)
  • Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early on Sunday morning as Shiite Muslim Iran reacted with fury to Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. (al-monitor.com)
  • TEHRAN, Iran - When two rivals constantly make contradictory strategic decisions, they are bound to eventually end up in a direct confrontation. (al-monitor.com)
  • In competition with Riyadh, Tehran has meanwhile been supporting bottom-up change in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen with the objective of undermining the regional forces opposed to the axis between Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. (al-monitor.com)
  • Despite strong support for diplomatic engagement with Iran, most U.S. citizens believe such efforts will ultimately fail and that Washington should be prepared to use military force to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to a new poll released here Tuesday. (twoday.net)
  • Saeed Jalili, Iran?s top nuclear negotiator and conservative presidential candidate, waves to supporters during campaign rally in Tehran. (forward.com)
  • Two days after Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died from wounds sustained in a firefight between his guards and unidentified gunmen near Tehran, parliament demanded a halt to international inspections of Iranian nuclear sites while a top official hinted Iran should leave the global non-proliferation treaty. (globalvillagespace.com)
  • On Monday live video from Tehran, shared by national outlet Iran Press, showed uniformed men gathering around images of Fakhrizadeh seemingly ahead of a procession. (globalvillagespace.com)
  • Trump withdrew the US from a multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran in 2018 and then reimposed and beefed up punishing sanctions as part of its "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran. (globalvillagespace.com)
  • A student news outlet reported that Tehran is prepared to export military equipment and weapons. (econotimes.com)
  • The student-led news outlet Young Journalists Club reports this week that Iran's army ground forces commander Kiumars Heydari said Tehran is ready is prepared to export military equipment and weapons. (econotimes.com)
  • Heydari's comments Tuesday came a week after the United States accused Tehran of preparing to aid Russia with drones. (econotimes.com)
  • Trump instead imposed sanctions on Iran, leading to Tehran breaching the agreement in terms of nuclear limits. (econotimes.com)
  • Iran can move in and out of the media focus as other stories and scandals begin to steal the spotlight, but in the background the pressure being mounted against Tehran is heating up on multiple fronts. (astutenews.com)
  • Hours after Tehran admitted on Saturday that she had unintentionally downed the Ukrainian jetliner, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded that Iran punish those responsible for the downing and pay compensation. (dawn.com)
  • Officials said five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a trade with Iran flew out of Tehran on Monday, part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets unfrozen. (kxan.com)
  • Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home," Biden said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran landed in Doha, Qatar. (kxan.com)
  • Details of the sale also come at a delicate time when world powers are meeting to bring the US back to the Iran nuclear deal and Tehran back into compliance with it. (profilenewsohio.com)
  • In a push to resume talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, the European Union's envoy charged with coordinating the negotiations met with Iranian officials in Tehran on October 14, as the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was in Washington to discuss the matter with his U.S. counterpart. (rferl.org)
  • The administration of then-President Donald Trump started reimposing crippling sanctions on Iran, while Tehran has progressively rolled back its own commitments to the deal. (rferl.org)
  • Tehran warned Israel in a letter to the UN Security Council chief on October 14 against "any miscalculation or military adventure targeting Iran and its nuclear program. (rferl.org)
  • The IAEA chief said Iran has the right to determine who enters the country, but he said he didn't understand why Tehran was withdrawing authorization for a "good number" of inspectors, which is "making my job much more difficult. (wboy.com)
  • While Israel is prepared to use military force, it would rather rely on diplomacy and international effort to deter Tehran. (cbn.com)
  • and depriving Iran of the nuclear deal's benefits given Tehran has violated the accord, albeit only after the United States did so first. (yahoo.com)
  • 2 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • We therefore aimed to evaluate the occurrence of parasite eggs in raw and treated wastewater of wastewater treatment plants (WTP) in two metropolitan cities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the capital city Tehran, and Isfahan, in the central part of the country. (who.int)
  • Iran and the terrorist organization Hezbollah continue to establish themselves in Syria and threaten Israel. (cbn.com)
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah is to send new battalions of military advisors to support its ally Iran on its various fronts. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • She has also published on the Lebanese Hezbollah, on Arab Shi'ism and Iran, and is currently preparing an edited volume on Lebanese Shi'ism. (lu.se)
  • An Iranian supertanker seized six weeks ago by Gibraltar is being renamed and reflagged as it prepares to sail after the British overseas territory said it was free to leave. (rferl.org)
  • Washington - Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Monday that the United States must be prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon - and added that the last-resort step should be taken with the goal of overthrowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (truthout.org)
  • Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Major General Qasim Sulaimani has been recently spotted in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Al Zour, showing how high a priority it is for Iran to take the oil-rich land nearby. (gulfnews.com)
  • A task force of senior former US diplomatic and military officials has come up with suggestions for how Trump could prevent Iran from taking over what's left of liberated Syria and fulfil his own promise to contain Iranian influence in the region. (gulfnews.com)
  • On Saturday, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying that Iran would consider any attack against Syria as an attack against itself. (fromthetrenchesworldreport.com)
  • Iran is ripe for revival, I have read articles about how the Iranian youth hate Islam and are curious about Christianity, what ever happens to this dear brother Christ will use it to his Glory, the latest news is they are not going to execute him. (answeringmuslims.com)
  • Biden has signalled his administration may be prepared to rejoin the accord, but the nuclear scientist's assassination has revived opposition to the deal among Iranian conservatives. (globalvillagespace.com)
  • Netanyahu asked Trump to continue ramping up pressure on Iran following the recent protests which rocked the Islamic Republic, seen by Israel as a major opportunity (which makes sense when you consider Israel's recent military activity against Iranian-aligned forces). (astutenews.com)
  • Bush pleased with the Iran Freedom and Support Act The White House, Office of the Press Secretary reported that President Bush said 'I applaud Congress for demonstrating its bipartisan commitment to confronting the Iranian regime's repressive and destabilizing activities by passing the Iran Freedom Support Act. (freerepublic.com)
  • Iranian Alert - October 1, 2006 - Bush signs Iran Freedom and Support Act! (freerepublic.com)
  • Norway's public broadcaster NRK also said the committee could award Mohammadi or other Iranian activists for shining a light on women's lives in Iran following the nationwide protests that erupted last year after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's morality police. (wate.com)
  • Trita Parsi is the author of Losing an Enemy - Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy, and President of the National Iranian American Council. (veteranstoday.com)
  • The top US Navy official in the Persian Gulf said Sunday he takes Iran 's military capabilities seriously but insists his forces are prepared to confront any Iranian aggression in the region. (breuerpress.com)
  • He did not outline specifically how the Navy might respond to an Iranian strike or an effort to shut the entrance to the Persian Gulf, though any response would likely involve the two US aircraft carriers and other warships cruising the waters off Iran. (breuerpress.com)
  • A Ukrainian aircraft which crashed earlier this week in Iran had flown close to a sensitive military site belonging to the elite Revolutionary Guards and was shot down unintentionally due to human error, the Iranian military said in a statement read on state TV on Saturday. (dawn.com)
  • DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, most arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets owed by a third country, South Korea. (kxan.com)
  • Nour News identified the two released Iranians in Doha as Mehrdad Ansari, an Iranian sentenced by the U.S. to 63 months in prison in 2021 for obtaining equipment that could be used in missiles, electronic warfare, nuclear weapons and other military gear, and Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, an Iranian charged in 2021 over allegedly unlawfully exporting laboratory equipment to Iran. (kxan.com)
  • Opening space for a mutually acceptable nuclear deal-one that avoids both military conflict and a nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable Iran-required relentlessly and creatively worsening Iran's no-deal options while enhancing the value of a deal to the Iranian regime. (harvard.edu)
  • Of course, as with all things Iran, there was a catch: The NBA informed its teams last week that it had "been advised that a federal statue prohibits a person or organization in the United States from engaging in business dealings with Iranian nationals. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Amid mounting pressure from EU countries and the United States for a swift resumption of talks, visiting EU chief negotiator Enrique Mora met with Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri, who in charge of the nuclear file for Iran. (rferl.org)
  • In light of Iranian progress of their nuclear program, we are preparing for all options and scenarios, including military capabilities. (cbn.com)
  • PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, France and Germany said on Thursday they would retain ballistic missile and nuclear proliferation-related sanctions on Iran that were set to expire in October under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a step that could provoke Iranian retaliation. (yahoo.com)
  • Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly warned that Iran is on the verge of enriching weapons-grade uranium, declaring last month that a "horrible nuclear war" would ensue if Iran developed atomic weapons. (rt.com)
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of planning another "Holocaust," as the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (fromthetrenchesworldreport.com)
  • It is necessary to look at our surroundings, both at what is happening with Iran and its proxies, and what is happening in other arenas - lethal weaponry in Syria, which is steadily breaking up," Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet meeting. (fromthetrenchesworldreport.com)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also accused Iran of planning to attack Israel, vowing to do everything possible to prevent that from happening. (astutenews.com)
  • Behind the populist rhetoric about "brotherly relations between Iran and Iraq," however, Iran's role in Iraqi affairs seem to be directed more toward gaining influence in order to reduce security threats against Iran rather than to destabilize Iraq. (yalibnan.com)
  • At that time, Riyadh was more concerned with limiting Iran's regional influence and presenting Iran as a sectarian phenomenon . (al-monitor.com)
  • Although this change does not mean that the international community is in agreement with Iran's regional policies, it nonetheless foresees a future for the Middle East in which Iran plays a role as a regional power. (al-monitor.com)
  • As we roll into the new year with events already exploding in Iraq and Iran - rockets were just fired into the U.S.-controlled "green zone" near the U.S. embassy in Iraq - it's shocking to realize how many people remain in total denial about the retribution that's going to be carried out by Iran's terror cells that are already embedded in cities across America. (trump.news)
  • The Washington Post reported that President Bush on Saturday signed legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs.The Associated Press reported that the US Senate finally passed the Iran Freedom and Support Act.The Library of Congress published the full text of the Iran Freedom and Support Act. (freerepublic.com)
  • In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the strikes targeted sites near Abukama and Mayadin and were used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as well as Iran-backed militias. (wwlp.com)
  • In direct response to Iran's consistent and severe non-compliance with its JCPoA commitments since 2019, the governments of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom intend to maintain nuclear proliferation-related measures on Iran, as well as arms and missile embargoes, after Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) Transition Day on 18 October 2023,' a spokesperson for the three countries, known as the E3, said in a statement. (yahoo.com)
  • As Iran approaches another fraudulent presidential election on June 14, it is important to remember the 2009 protests in Iran over the results of the rigged election. (forward.com)
  • More vids from tonight's Basij protests in #Iran . (globalvillagespace.com)
  • Videos posted on social media purported to show protests in a number of cities in western, northwestern and central Iran, some during funerals held for deceased demonstrators. (yahoo.com)
  • Supporters of Rekabi, however, remain worried for the 33-year-old climber as other athletes have been targeted by the government for supporting the weekslong protests rocking Iran. (wkrg.com)
  • I'm surprised that it is being talked about so much," Khosravi Vafa said, despite protests over the mandatory hijab reaching over 100 cities in Iran so far. (wkrg.com)
  • U.S. President Joe Biden, who took office in January, has signaled a willingness to return to the nuclear deal, which was designed to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb. (rferl.org)
  • He joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and other Republicans earlier this month to introduce legislation to freeze the $6 billion in assets that were set to be transferred to Iran as part of a prisoner exchange negotiated by the Biden administration. (cbs42.com)
  • Kerry said Iran should come to the negotiations "prepared to talk real substance and to address the concerns, which could not be more clear, about their nuclear program. (bizpacreview.com)
  • Amidst stalled negotiations between Iran and world powers to restart the nuclear deal, Iran appears to be preparing to get involved in military activities. (econotimes.com)
  • This comes at a time when the ongoing indirect negotiations between Iran and world powers resumed after a months-long pause to restart the 2015 nuclear deal. (econotimes.com)
  • The negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - were painstakingly detailed. (veteranstoday.com)
  • Throughout the nuclear negotiations, the two sides constantly had to balance two competing interests: the desire to make progress to reach a final deal, which necessitated both avoiding leaks and minimising public posturing, and the necessity of preparing a Plan B that shifted the blame for the possible collapse of the talks to the other side. (veteranstoday.com)
  • From 2013 through 2016, James Sebenius and Graham Allison co-directed this initiative between HNP and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs that was intended to analyze the negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran over a nuclear agreement. (harvard.edu)
  • Obama aides on the National Security Council declined to comment Monday on Graham's remarks about Iran. (truthout.org)
  • State Department aides said Obama will discuss Iran on Thursday during his address to the U.N. General Assembly. (truthout.org)
  • Obama, like Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton before him, has failed to persuade Russia not to help Iran build the Bushehr plant and then provide fuel for it. (truthout.org)
  • Kerry told reporters that the Obama administration is "prepared to do whatever is necessary" to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, The Washington Times reported. (bizpacreview.com)
  • What most Americans don't yet fully realize is that Barack Obama helped fund these terror networks through a complex international money laundering scheme that delivered over $150 billion to Iran during the Obama administration. (trump.news)
  • Obama also helped Iran capture a U.S. drone and two Navy boats in order to give Iran U.S. military encryption technology. (trump.news)
  • Imagine the following: The de facto independent Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq declares independence, secedes from Iraq, and inspires Kurds in Turkey and Iran to join a "Greater Kurdistan. (yalibnan.com)
  • Shi'ite Arab parties in Iraq follow suit and found a small, Iran-friendly country mired in tensions with Iraq's Sunnis and other Arab countries. (yalibnan.com)
  • But since then, Iran has felt sandwiched between U.S. troops based in Afghanistan and Iraq. (yalibnan.com)
  • The report alleges that Iran has focused on three broad areas of activity to enable its current capabilities, being its ballistic missiles, naval forces and its use of proxy forces in places such as Lebanon and Iraq. (astutenews.com)
  • Israel sees a power struggle developing in the region - one that pits Shi'ite Iran and its proxies in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon against moderate countries who are threatened by Tehran's actions. (cbn.com)
  • Iran and Saudi Arabia are no exception. (al-monitor.com)
  • However, with the emergence of the Arab Spring, the geopolitical atmosphere of the Middle East changed and the strategic conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia became deeper and more intense. (al-monitor.com)
  • On the regional level, the confrontation between Iran and its allies with Saudi Arabia has engulfed all of the Middle East . (al-monitor.com)
  • Moreover, while the strategic and ideological clash between Iran and Saudi Arabia continued, two new variables were introduced in the past year in regional equations. (al-monitor.com)
  • Is Saudi Arabia ready to play hardball with Iran? (foreignpolicy.com)
  • While the administration of United States President Donald Trump celebrates a new deal meant to freeze the battlefield in southern Syria, the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al Assad and Iran are preparing for the next phase of the long-running war, in which they will attempt to conquer the rest of Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • Although US-supported forces hold territories east of the Euphrates River in Syria's southeast, as well as along the borders of Israel and Jordan in the southwest, Iran has stated its intention to help Al Assad retake all of Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow has no intention of pushing Iran to remove its troops from Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • Third, the US should work with regional allies to stop Iran from moving weapons and troops into Syria. (gulfnews.com)
  • The United States and the European Union's insistence on Iran being present at the Syria peace talks in Vienna is a sign that the predicted future is approaching. (al-monitor.com)
  • Fox News released a report arguing that Iran has begun building tunnels in Syria near the Iraqi border, which is sure to further irk Israel (if the allegations are true, that is). (astutenews.com)
  • Israel has been engaged in a shadow war with Iran, targeting its military sites in Syria and carrying out a sabotage campaign against its nuclear program. (rferl.org)
  • Furthermore, Trump and his Israeli counterpart held a phone call which focused squarely on Iran. (astutenews.com)
  • Iran has told the EU that if it wants to save the deal it has to restrain Trump, putting the monkey on ithe EU's back. (veteranstoday.com)
  • There have been media hints of Iran exiting the deal itself if Trump does. (veteranstoday.com)
  • Trita Parsi confirms through his sources in Iran that this is not a media bluff, but an option under considerable discussion due to watching Mr. Trump go from dissing Kim Jong-un as "the rocket man", to his being "a wonderful guy", after he had proved that he had a nuclear retaliation capability. (veteranstoday.com)
  • Keeping the sanctions would reflect Western efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them despite the collapse of the 2015 deal, which then-U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018. (yahoo.com)
  • In order to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, he said, a U.S. attack would be preferable to an Israeli attack because the American military is more powerful and more likely to achieve regime change. (truthout.org)
  • Congress is also set to pass a bill introduced three years ago which would provide for US sanctions against " the Syrian regime, Russia and Iran for past and ongoing war crimes " allegedly committed in the Syrian war. (astutenews.com)
  • But does Condi support a change of regime in Iran? (freerepublic.com)
  • It is the day on which the world must unite to make certain weapons of mass destruction do not fall into the hands of dark regimes, headed by the ayatollahs' regime in Iran. (jvim.com)
  • While Lapid implied by "utmost" the possible resort to military action, Israel is not alone in preparing for an armed conflict. (debka.com)
  • Above all, says Iran, the Lebanese government must be stopped from making any concessions to Israel for a deal, even at the cost of armed conflict. (debka.com)
  • Iran prepares people for 'messiah miracles' Government broadcasts series on imminent appearance of apocalyptic Islamic 'Mahdi' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 27, 2007 1:00 a.m. (freerepublic.com)
  • Ahmadinejad of Iran informs the world that his messiah, Mahdi will only appear when he has murdered most of the world s Jews. (jvim.com)
  • Rahnavard, who has been under house arrest for over 13 years along with her husband, Mir Hossein Musavi, made the comments in a message timed to coincide with Student Day in Iran, marked on December 7. (rferl.org)
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran has in parts a semi-dry climate and there are insufficient water sources in some parts. (who.int)
  • Iran, despite its militancy, lacks the power and clout of Russia and can't match Israel's military strength. (israelradar.com)
  • Israel's military is establishing new headquarters to deal exclusively with Iran, which is entrenching itself in unstable countries in the region and using "subversion, terrorist financing and arms exports" to reshape the Middle East, the official warned. (cbn.com)
  • Iran has likewise responded with threats of its own, namely that it will flatten Tel Aviv by launching a barrage of rockets from Lebanon. (astutenews.com)
  • Administration officials told impatient lawmakers Tuesday that they are ready to take swift and substantial action against Iran if it disregards current diplomatic efforts to stop its alleged nuclear weapons program. (twoday.net)
  • Iran has agreed to talk aobut its nuclear program with U.S. officials and others in the international community in March. (bizpacreview.com)
  • I also can't help but notice the amount of meetings between US officials and Israeli officials, particularly where Iran appears to be the major theme. (astutenews.com)
  • Defense officials and experts see dangerous potential for growing Iran axis aggression as the US-led world order faces a fierce attack. (israelradar.com)
  • Iran is working to attract direct foreign investments a year after it signed a nuclear deal with world powers that saw the lifting of sanctions. (tgme.org)
  • Israel opposed the agreement Iran signed with world powers in 2015 to curb its nuclear program but would accommodate a new deal if it ensured Iran never obtains nuclear weapons. (cbn.com)
  • Dr Salime Goharinezhad, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences. (who.int)
  • Dr Vahid Rashedi, Assistant Professor, School of Behavioral Science and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences. (who.int)
  • Dr Mohsen Shatti , Assistant Professor, Social Injury Prevention Research Institute, Iran university of Medical Sciences. (who.int)
  • Foremost among these is that Iran must be transparent about the "possible military dimensions" (PMDs) of its nuclear program. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Iran blamed Israel for drone attacks on a military plant in February, while Israel accused Iran of violating its airspace with an unmanned aircraft earlier this month. (rt.com)
  • Graham, a military lawyer and a senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, became the first senator to support direct U.S. military intervention in Iran, saying it should not involve ground troops but be launched by U.S. warplanes and ships. (truthout.org)
  • If you use military force against Iran, you've opened up Pandora's box," Graham told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. (truthout.org)
  • Not by invading (Iran), but by launching a military strike by air and sea. (truthout.org)
  • The United States rejected on Friday UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei's suggestion that Washington is preparing a military attack on Iran. (china.org.cn)
  • Casey made the remarks after Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, suggested that Washington is preparing a military attack on Iran. (china.org.cn)
  • But, the UN nuclear chief said "On the other hand I see war drums (from those) who are basically saying the solution is to bomb Iran," which is believed to be an implicit attack on the Bush administration which has refused to rule out military action against Iran. (china.org.cn)
  • Lapid said that the new nuclear accord text submitted to Iran contained new elements left out of the original deal which would release a flood of capital for Iran to invest in its military and terror machine. (debka.com)
  • Iran is burning to avenge the air strike Israel conducted on Aug. 7 that destroyed its key Yemen military base at Al Hafa on the Naqam Mountain, west of the capital Sanaa. (debka.com)
  • Iran calculates that Israel lacks the military resources for defending all its oil and gas platforms in the eastern Mediterranean. (debka.com)
  • According to a new Pentagon Iran Military Power Report published at the end of November, Iran has become a significant military player in the region. (astutenews.com)
  • Iran is also expected to increase the supply of arms to regional proxies after a nuclear deal is signed, military journalist Tal Lev-Ram wrote . (israelradar.com)
  • As the risk rises, the IDF is already preparing for more military action in the coming months on several regional fronts. (israelradar.com)
  • As for the EU, instead of Iran just accepting its support of the JCPOA, but also leaning on Iran to accept restrictions on defensive military items on the original deal is considered a dead in the water course. (veteranstoday.com)
  • Most interpretations of this mandate assert that it entrusts the IRGC with preventing foreign interference in Iran, thwarting coups by the traditional military, and crushing "deviant movements" that harm the ideological legacy of the Islamic Revolution. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result of Trump's withdrawal from the deal and U.S. President Joe Biden's failure to revive it, Iran could make the fissile material for one bomb in 12 days or so, according to U.S. estimates, down from a year when the accord was in force. (yahoo.com)
  • Prime Minister Yair Lapid told French President Emmanuel Macron: "Israel is doing its utmost to prevent Iran attaining a nuclear capability," when they talked on Monday, Aug. 22. (debka.com)
  • As his visiting Israeli counterpart, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, reserved the right to use force against Iran, Blinken told reporters: 'We are prepared to turn to other options if Iran doesn't change course. (rferl.org)
  • We are united in our resolve against threats and provocations, and we will work with our allies and partners to deter and respond to any attacks carried out by Iran. (econotimes.com)
  • Washington is working closely with Israel and its other allies to increase pressure on Iran to return to the negotiating table. (cbn.com)
  • We are prepared to turn to other options if Iran doesn't change course, and these consultations with our allies and partners are part of it. (cbn.com)
  • Similarly, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said closure and accountability were needed after Iran said it had unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian plane. (dawn.com)
  • Activision, the American video game publisher behind the hit franchise "Call of Duty," is reportedly preparing something exciting for April 30, with the official reveal supposedly happening in May, according to an insider. (ibtimes.com)
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake," he wrote on Twitter. (dawn.com)
  • Although health aspects of guidelines in such an application are necessary, there are few data on the diversity and concentration of helminth eggs in reused wastewater in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • Iran has previously sanctioned 51 Americans in January and 24 more in April. (econotimes.com)
  • Two of the imprisoned Americans' family members, Effie Namazi and Vida Tahbaz, who had been under travel bans in Iran, also were on the plane. (kxan.com)
  • However, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran, which are locked in disputes over Tehran's nuclear program and other matters. (kxan.com)
  • Debate raged in Iran on Sunday over how and when to respond to a top nuclear scientist's assassination, blamed on arch-foe Israel, as his body was honoured at Shiite shrines to prepare it for burial. (globalvillagespace.com)
  • Are Israel and Iran Preparing for War? (astutenews.com)
  • While the US has proven somewhat reluctant to directly strike Iran or its forces, there is another power in the Middle East that appears to be increasingly willing and able to do so on Washington's behalf: Israel. (astutenews.com)
  • Furthermore, in 2017 a top Israeli general tasked with writing his country's new defense policy said Israel could not fight Iran alone and stated this was a " fact of life . (astutenews.com)
  • Israel wants to leverage the new relationships it has made with its Arab neighbors through the Abraham Accords, and its close ties with Egypt, Jordan, Greece and Cyprus to build a counterforce against Iran in the region. (cbn.com)
  • The document, written by strategy specialist Alireza Forghani, outlined the reasons why, In the name of Allah, Iran must attack Israel by 2014. (jvim.com)
  • It also clarified that although Israel had yet to strike Iran, its occupation of Palestinian lands already justifies an attack as Islam dictates that the political borders [of the world] cannot divide Muslims and the earth is divided into two parts - Muslim countries and non-Muslim countries. (jvim.com)
  • Calling Israel a danger to Islam, the conservative website Alef, with ties to Iran s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the opportunity must not be lost to remove this corrupting material. (jvim.com)
  • It is a jurisprudential justification to kill all the Jews and annihilate Israel, and in that, the Islamic government of Iran must take the helm. (jvim.com)
  • Iran went the extra mile to adhere to the JCPOA nuclear deal. (veteranstoday.com)
  • The JCPoA agreed with Iran in 2015 envisaged a 'Transition Day' eight years later, when remaining ballistic missile and nuclear-related sanctions on Iran would be lifted. (yahoo.com)
  • The crux of the JCPoA pact, which Iran made with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the U.S., limited Tehran's nuclear programme making it harder for it to get fissile material for a bomb in return for relief from economic sanctions. (yahoo.com)
  • We stand ready to reverse our decision, should Iran fully implement its JCPoA commitments,' the E3 said, referring to a mechanism that would immediately restore all UN sanctions against Iran. (yahoo.com)
  • The conventional wisdom is that the Sunni Arab powers fear the power of Shiite Persia, and would immediately reach for their own bomb should Iran produce one. (twoday.net)
  • In other words, Hizballah would act as Tehran's hired mercenary for pre-empting an Israell strike against Iran. (debka.com)
  • Graham said he believes Ahmadinejad "was lying" when he said Sunday in New York, after arriving for the U.N. General Assembly session this week, that Iran isn't building a nuclear bomb. (truthout.org)
  • But "We're pursuing a diplomatic track with Iran. (china.org.cn)
  • While no US president ever takes any options off the table, our approach has been and is and as far as I know, until you hear differently from the president, will continue to be one of using diplomacy, using all the tools in the diplomatic tool box to try and convince Iran to change its behavior. (china.org.cn)
  • Varied diplomatic approaches by multiple negotiators over the past several years had failed to conclude a nuclear deal with Iran. (harvard.edu)
  • ElBaradei told reporters in Vienna that "Iran is moving with its (uranium) enrichment without us doing the robust verification required. (china.org.cn)
  • Iran and the US are indirectly negotiating an EU proposal recently put forward by Borrell presenting a framework on the return to the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (caymanmama.com)
  • Why would Iran want to do this in exchange for no added benefits other that to keep a deal that has already been broken. (veteranstoday.com)
  • We will look at every option to deal with the challenge posed by Iran. (cbn.com)
  • The deal's coordinator, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he had received a letter from the E3 informing him of their decision and transferred it to Iran, China and Russia, the other participants to the deal. (yahoo.com)
  • We are facing many threats, from the most dangerous ones, which I have mentioned, to others and reality continues to evolve - in the east, in the north, in the south - the entire area is raging and we must prepared and strong and determined in the face of any possible development. (fromthetrenchesworldreport.com)
  • The establishment of the Middle East/North Africa regional office has strengthened health diplomacy efforts in the region and better positions CDC to work collaboratively with host countries and partners in the region to prepare for and respond to broad public health priorities and public health threats in the region. (cdc.gov)
  • We seem to be painting ourselves into a corner of worst-case scenarios when it comes to Iran. (twoday.net)
  • As the June 30 deadline approaches for the P5+1 - a group of nations including the US, Russia and China - and Iran to complete a nuclear agreement, all signs seem to be pointing to the fact that Britain alongside the US and France seem to be caving in on some of their long-standing central demands. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Â US confident Russia and China will join in sanctions on Iran. (freerepublic.com)
  • Urdal's top picks this year are human rights activists Narges Mohammadi from Iran and Mahbouba Seraj from Afghanistan. (wate.com)
  • The United States has imposed sanctions on dozens of people in several countries, including in Afghanistan, China, and Iran, cracking down on human rights abuses ahead of Human Rights Day on December 10. (rferl.org)
  • I want to underscore to Iran, the window for diplomacy is still open," Kerry said, repeating, though, that the United States does not want to see a nuclear-armed Iran. (bizpacreview.com)
  • Although that move was presented as "de-Ba'athification," many saw it as a bid to strengthen the position of Shi'ia and, ultimately, of Iran. (yalibnan.com)
  • Moscow is preparing to give Iran a Kanopus-V satellite with a high-resolution camera, the Washington Post reported Thursday. (profilenewsohio.com)
  • Iran and Oman share control of the waterway, but it is considered an international strait, meaning free passage is guaranteed. (breuerpress.com)
  • Iran Press News reported that a source close to Ahmadinejad's cabinet said that in the coming days vast changes will be taking place within the administration. (freerepublic.com)
  • Top News Story Bush signs Iran Freedom and Support Act! (freerepublic.com)
  • In this photo released by Nour News on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, Iranians Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, right, and Mehrdad Moein Ansari pose at Doha airport in Qatar after being released from prison in the United States in a prisoner swap with Iran. (kxan.com)
  • It operates a media arm, known as "Sepah News" within Iran. (wikipedia.org)
  • They found a complete modern communications system manufacturing in the Ministry of Defense of Iran believed to be used as a direct contact with the Iranians. (freerepublic.com)
  • But after the delivery of the first 20 or so in 1976 the Shah ordered another batch bringing the total number of orders up to 80, these made up the bulk of the IIAF air defense that would cover all of Iran, most of the F-14's to be situated at the massive Khatami Air Base built in the desert outside of Isfahan near the center of the country. (uskowioniran.com)
  • Iran says the program is peaceful, but it now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. (kxan.com)
  • The Vienna-based IAEA reported earlier this month that Iran had slowed the pace of enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels. (wboy.com)
  • On October 13, Blinken expressed hope for the success of talks with Iran, but warned that 'the runway that we have left to do that is getting shorter and shorter. (rferl.org)