‘When someone attacks you, the best defense is to attack him back’ The U.S. and Israel concluded their largest ever set of war games Thursday, sending a message that the U.S. stands with its allies against Iran’s aggression, according to The Wall Street Journal. The exercises, dubbed Juniper Oak 23.2, spanned four days and involved…
At least 100 people have now been sentenced to death or charged with capital offences in connection with the protests in Iran, a rights group says. Five women were among those at risk of execution, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported. The real number of protesters facing the death penalty was believed to be far…
Enough material to fuel more than a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles has been intercepted by the U.S. Navy on a fishing vessel heading from Iran to Yemen. The massive amount of explosive material was seized by the U.S. Naval Forces 5th Fleet on Nov. 8 while the ship was traveling along a route used to…
Commander of Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit predicts that for decades, no technology will be able to counter the new weapon TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defense systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday. Hypersonic missiles, like traditional ballistic missiles…
Concurrent reports that Iran will launch new attacks against Saudi Arabia and Iraqi Kurdistan while simultaneously preparing missile shipments to Russia for use against Ukraine demonstrate Tehran’s increased willingness to escalate beyond its borders. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report, on Tuesday, that Saudi Arabia has warned the United States of an…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Sunday released security footage that it said came from its notorious Evin Prison the night a fire broke out that killed at least eight inmates, an effort to clarify the government’s narrative amid growing international pressure. The purported CCTV footage of the mayhem last weekend only added…
On Friday, SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, turned on Starlink in Iran. Signaling in a tweet to Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he will make the satellite internet system available in Iran. Starlink satellites are already passing over Iran where they appear as a string of lights flying in tandem. This is good news for…
Tehran’s police chief says the death of a woman in custody was an “unfortunate” incident he does not want repeated. Mahsa Amini, 22, fell into a coma last week, hours after morality police held her for allegedly breaking hijab rules. Witnesses accused officers of beating her, but Police Brig-Gen Hossein Rahimi denied such “cowardly accusations”….
Synopsis The French official also said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told G7 leaders on Monday morning that the conditions were not right to negotiate with Russia and wanted to be in a position of strength before began any negotiations. France wants sanctions-hit Iran and Venezuela to return to the oil markets to alleviate a Russian…