Seaport is latest hit by Iran mystery fires
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Seven ships catch fire at Iran’s Bushehr port, agency says
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No casualties have been reported, the agency said. Plumes of dense black smoke billowed into the air, in a photograph of the incident published by the official IRNA news agency. State broadcaster IRIB showed fighters tackling clouds of smoke at … Read More
Iran’s bizarre, giant fake US aircraft carrier towed to Straits of Hormuz
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The fake carrier will be at sea as US Rear Admiral Jim Kirk’s USS Nimitz arrives at the 5th Fleet’s area of operations. Iran’s refurbished mockup aircraft carrier, used previously as a simulated U.S. target during a February 2015 Iranian … Read More
Iran, Hezbollah are unable to fully respond to increase in Israeli attacks: Experts
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An Israeli artillery gun fires into Lebanon, 2016. (File photo: 2016) Iran and its proxies in Syria and Lebanon do not have the maneuverability to respond to increasing Israeli attacks against them and are unlikely to carry out a large-scale … Read More
Iran could flood the market with millions of barrels of oil if Joe Biden becomes president, one of Wall Street’s top analysts says
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The oil market is not considering the threat of a Joe Biden victory in the US election, a renowned oil analyst warned this week. RBC Capital Markets’ Helima Croft told Business Insider that a Biden victory could lead to the renegotiation … Read More
As Israelis give up on peace deal, Democrats’ ‘solution’ would destroy Jewish state
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View of gathering halls in Ashraf 3 during Free Iran Global Summit with Maryam Rajavi – Ashraf 3, July 17, 2020. On Friday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the MEK held its annual “Free Iran” gathering. This year, due … Read More
Iran’s nuclear facilities are mysteriously under attack
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Black smoke rose as flames engulfed the Shahid Tondgooyan petrochemical plant in the Khuzestan province of Iran late Sunday afternoon. Hours earlier, more than 500 miles away, detonations rocked the basement of an old, nondescript home in a northern pocket of … Read More
Major Explosion Rocks Iran Again, the 3rd Blast in 3 Weeks
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The precise location of Friday’s explosion was unclear, but analysts said there are several military and training facilities in the area. A satellite photo shows damage to a building housing an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at the Natanz nuclear site … Read More
Will Iran ‘go nuclear’ over its latest nuke site setback?
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Getty Images It looks as though a “nuclear war” of sorts has started in the Middle East. Iran’s centrifuge assembly plant at its main enrichment site of Natanz was destroyed last week, possibly with a bomb, according to some reports. … Read More
Hezbollah, Hamas blast Israel’s annexation plans
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and the Palestinian Hamas on Monday said Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank is an “aggression against the Palestinian people” and called for unity to confront it. Hamas leader Ismail … Read More