Iran

Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon argued that Iran has no interest in securing a stable Iraq, The Times of Israel reported. “He who did not allow stability in Iraq since 2003 is Iran,” Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said at the Fisher Institute for Air...

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that any nuclear deal with Iran must allow for inspections of all sites, “including military sites,” that inspectors suspect may be used or have been used for nuclear purposes, The Hill reported today. “France will not accept (a deal) if it is not clear that...

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Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, said that inspection of military sites would be an essential part of any nuclear with Iran to ensure that the Islamic Republic cannot develop nuclear weapons, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported today. In an interview with AFP and...

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Ambassadors from European countries engaged in nuclear negotiations with Iran said that they will likely miss their June 30 deadline, while the sanctions regime that forced Iran to negotiate continues to erode, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to the United States, told a panel...

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The espionage trial of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian began today in Tehran, with the prosecution citing a letter Rezaian sent to the White House promoting closer ties between Iran and the United States as evidence, The New York Times reported today. Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent accused by...

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A Hezbollah-allied newspaper, As-Safir, recently published a series reports on the massive infrastructure, including a network of tunnels, that the Iranian-backed terrorist organization has been building on Lebanon’s border with Israel, The Times of Israel reported Saturday. According to the Times, Hezbollah is “painting a picture of a military force highly prepared for...

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