Israel intends to coordinate its response to the recent massive Iranian drone and missile attack with its allies, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing sources. However, an unnamed Israeli official would not say when and with whom Israel would hold those consultations. At the same time, Israeli Prime …
Read More »Israel ready to attack Iranian nuclear sites – UK media
If Tehran responds to the Damascus embassy attack by bombing Israel, West Jerusalem will launch strikes against the Iranian nuclear program, a London-based Arabic outlet has reported citing an anonymous Western security official. Two generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and several other officers were killed …
Read More »Top Iranian general killed in Israeli strike: What we know so far
A top Iranian general was among those killed in an apparent targeted assassination by Israel on Syrian soil on Monday. The airstrike, which hit Tehran’s consulate in Damascus, raises the prospect of a major regional escalation. The airstrike The diplomatic compound was hit by a missile, purportedly launched by an …
Read More »Iranian president arrives in Moscow
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation have touched down in Moscow where they are set to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to discuss a number of key issues. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has announced that the negotiations between Putin and Raisi will first take place …
Read More »Мossad fears Iranian weapons cooperation with Russia
The head of Israel’s chief intelligence agency has voiced concern that Russia might provide advanced munitions and raw materials to Iran, putting Israel’s security at risk. Speaking at the annual conference of the Institute of Counter-Terrorism Policy (ICT) at Reichman University in Herzliya on Sunday, Mossad Director David Barnea claimed …
Read More »Iranian navy claims it forced US submarine to surface
The Iranian navy intercepted a US submarine in the Strait of Hormuz and forced it to surface and change its course, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani told reporters on Thursday. However, the US has denied the claim. According to Irani, the nuclear-powered USS Florida was approaching the strait in complete silence when …
Read More »Iranian official shot on Soleimani anniversary – local media
Qasim Fathullahi, a local Basij commander with the Mohammad Rasulullah Guards of Greater Tehran, was shot four times outside his house on Tuesday, according to Iranian media. He later succumbed to his injuries. Fathullahi’s shooting, which was described as a terrorist attack, comes on the third anniversary of the US …
Read More »Ukraine expels Iranian ambassador
The government in Kiev said on Friday that it revoked the accreditation of Iran’s ambassador in Ukraine and would “significantly reduce” the number of Iranian diplomats at the embassy, in response to Tehran’s “unfriendly act” of selling combat drones to Russia. Supplying weapons to Moscow “directly contradicts the position of …
Read More »Moscow responds to claims it received Iranian drones
Moscow has denied claims made by the Washington Post suggesting that Iran is supplying Russian forces with combat drones to be used in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday that the Bezos-owned newspaper has engaged in quite a bit of “information stuffing” lately, and rejected claims that …
Read More »Iranian charged with plot to assassinate former US official
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national it accuses of commissioning a hit on former national security adviser John Bolton. Rumors of the plot first appeared in the media in March, along with insinuations that the Biden administration did not want to move …
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