RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | In Rare Video In Persian, IS Threatens To Conquer Iran RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The militant group Islamic State (IS) has vowed in a rare video message in Persian that includes the apparent beheading of four captured soldiers that it will conquer Iran. In an appeal to sectarian divides, the group also calls on Iran's Sunni ... Forecast: Increasing Isolation for Iran Head of CENTCOM: Iran Aims to Be 'Regional Hegemon' IS Threatens Iran in Persian Language Video |
KGMI | Canadian accused in Iran smuggling scheme arrested in Blaine seattlepi.com According to charging papers, Ghasempour created several front companies to help his father's friends Iran launder money and import products in violation of sanctions related to Iran's nuclear program. Ghasempour, who is alleged to have begun the ... Canadian man arrested in Blaine accused of conspiring with Iran |
JNS.org | Is Iran a paper tiger? JNS.org Iranian officials often boast about their military technology advancements and call for the destruction of Israel, yet these claims might ring hollow. Iran's military is in much worse shape than is commonly believed and is overextended in Syria ... |
Breitbart News | Top US Commander: Iran's Heightened Threat Since Nuclear Deal May Require Military Action Breitbart News WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. needs to consider military action to disrupt Iran's malign activities in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, which have intensified since the Islamic Republic signed a nuclear deal with world powers in 2015, a ... General calls Iran 'destabilizing' force, suggests US 'disrupt' regime by military means Iran Is the 'Greatest Long-Term Threat to Stability,' Army General ... Top US general calls for use of 'military means' to disrupt Iran |
RT | US is like 'armed robber breaking into your house' – Iranian defense minister RT Iran's defense minister, Hossein Dehqan, has advised the US military to leave the Persian Gulf and stop causing trouble there, local media report. The Minister was firing back at a US general who accused Iran of being a destabilizing force in its own ... Iran says US to get away from Persian Gulf |
World Tribune | Central Command' Gen. Votel: Iran poses greater threat since nuclear deal World Tribune The United States has “not seen any improvement in Iran's behavior” since the nuclear deal was signed and the Islamic Republic continues to pose the “most significant threat” in the Middle East, the top U.S. military commander in the region told ... |
Bloomberg | U.S. Arrests Top Turkish Banker in Iran Sanctions Probe Bloomberg A senior executive at one of Turkey's largest state-owned banks was arrested in the U.S. on charges of conspiring to evade trade sanctions on Iran, escalating a case that has prompted diplomatic tensions and political maneuvering between the two countries. Turkey criticizes US arrests in Iran sanctions case US Arrests Turkish Banker in Iran Sanctions Case Turk in Iran Sanctions Case Adds Rudy Giuliani to Legal Team |
Washington Post (blog) | Iran provides a rare moment of bipartisanship Washington Post (blog) At Monday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Iran there was, given the political environment, rare and welcomed unanimity. Ranking member Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) remarked that although he voted against the Joint Comprehensive ... Bill would impose new Iran sanctions Bill Against Iran Washington Has a Clear Choice on the Future of Iran Nuclear Deal |
Bloomberg | Giuliani's Work for Accused Iran-Sanctions Buster Is a Secret Bloomberg It's pretty clear what former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey aren't doing as part of a defense team hired by a Turkish-Iranian businessman charged with helping Iran evade financial sanctions. What's not clear ... Giuliani Was Hired to Negotiate Turk's Iran Sanctions Case, Letters Suggest |
Al-Monitor | The surprising rise of the head of Iran's most influential charity Al-Monitor When Ebrahim Raisi was appointed a year ago to lead Astan-e Quds Razavi, Iran's wealthiest and most influential charitable organization, few would have predicted that it could have ramifications for the country's next presidential election, scheduled ... |