Iran

Watching proponents of the Iran deal rejoice over the emergence of two more senators who support it is a lot of like watching a wide receiver spike the football before reaching the end zone: The guy with ball is celebrating, but everybody watching is kind of in shock, knowing too well...

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Israel is keeping a “very sharp eye” on Iran’s expanding stock of highly accurate Fateh 313 ballistic missiles, which have twice the range of their predecessor, the Fateh 110, according to an Israeli defense official quoted Saturday in an article published in Defense News. “We assess that Iran has begun to...

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Iran has begun a weapons-buying spree shortly before it is due to receive over $100 billion in unfrozen funds as a result of the nuclear deal. Michael Rubin, a former Defense Department official who is now a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, noted these developments in an article published today in Newsweek. With upwards of $100...

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Increased European tech exports to Iran will allow Tehran to more easily oppress its citizens, Benjamin Weinthal, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote in an analysis published Sunday in The Jerusalem Post. With the lifting of sanctions, Western leaders have relegated concerns about Iran’s misuse of...

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A proposal to launch a filibuster in order to prevent a Congressional vote on the nuclear deal with Iran was supported by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hamid Baidinejad, the Tehran Times reported Sunday. Deputy Foreign Minister Hamid Baidinejad has welcomed a plan by U.S. Democratic congressmen to filibuster a likely rejection of the Iranian...

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A senior Kuwaiti parliamentarian accused Iran of being the “true enemy” of the Gulf States and “seeking to spread chaos” across the region, The Times of Israel reported yesterday. “It has become clear to all that Iran is an enemy plotting to swallow up our states and resources and is...

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