Conflict Between Iran and Israel Will Rest on Fate of the Nuclear Deal

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Foreign minister indicates Tehran could go back to enriching uranium if US president tries to add new conditions to groundbreaking agreement.  Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and then US secretary of state, John Kerry, at the UN in April … Read More

Iran pledges to destroy Israel within 25 years as tensions rise

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An Israeli soldier walks near a military post close to the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on the Syrian border CREDIT: AMMAR AWAD/ REUTERS The head of Iran’s army, Abdolrahim Mousavi, threatened to “annihilate” Israel on Saturday as … Read More

Iran says will make or buy and weapons it needs, blasts ‘invading powers’

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“We are not living in a normal region, and we see invading powers have built bases around us. Disregarding the principles of international law, they intervene in regional affairs.”  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and … Read More

Syria chemical attack: the evidence

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What are the allegations? President Assad’s government has been accused of launching a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma on 7 April, 2018. Barrel bombs containing toxic substances were allegedly dropped from helicopters, killing “up to 75 … Read More

Iran, Russia, Syria, Iraq hold intelligence committee meeting

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TEHRAN – Iran, Russia, Syria and Iraq held a quartet intelligence committee meeting in Baghdad on Thursday, the Mehr news agency reported. The meeting was primarily aimed at sharing intelligence in campaign against terrorism. Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami … Read More

Does Trump have a Syria Plan? U.S. needs Russia and Iran to end the war

The U.S. and its British and French allies defied Russian warnings Friday in a trilateral attack against Syrian government facilities allegedly associated with the production of chemical weapons. However, experts said the move was unlikely to end the war unless … Read More

Iran and Israel on a collision course as Syria burns

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PHOTO: Iran is “the biggest occupying power in the Arab world today”, writes The New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman. (Reuters: Morteza Nikoubazl, file) Syria was not the only target in the US-led military strike; there was a message here for another … Read More

Saudi king pledges $150m for Jerusalem, $50m for UNRWA

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US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) upon arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on May 20, 2017 BANDAR AL-JALOUD (Saudi Royal Palace/AFP) “East Jerusalem is an integral part of … Read More

Israeli Air Raid on Syria Not to Remain Unanswered: Iran’s Velayati

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Visiting Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said a recent attack on an air base in the Syrian province of Homs mounted by the Israeli regime will not go unanswered. … Read More

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