Iranian media today carried statements by a top Syrian officer declaring that Syria will lash out at Israel in the event of Western strikes against Damascus. A top officer with the Syrian army told the Iranian news agency FARS that should Damascus be attacked, the Syrians will retaliated against Tel Aviv....

Iran yesterday threatened that Western action against Syria would escalate into a regional war, pointedly warning of “perilous consequences” in the aftermath of harsh statements from the State Department and White House accusing the Bashar al-Assad regime of crossing Washington’s long-standing “red line” against the use of chemical weapons. Iranian foreign ministry...

The Baha’i World News service – a Haifa-based service that “reports on activities of the worldwide Baha’i community and on events that affect the Baha’i Faith ” – published details yesterday on the murder of Ataollah Rezvani, a “well-known member of the Iranian Baha’i community.” Rezvani was reportedly killed by...

Reuters reports that a soon-to-be-released report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will show that Iran is making advancements in developing nuclear infrastructure capable of providing Tehran with the option of building uranium- and plutonium-based nuclear weapons. A report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected to show that Iran is pressing...

A Thai court last week sentenced two Iranians on Thursday to between 15 years and life in prison for an attempted 2012 terror attack against Israeli diplomats stationed in Bangkok. The bombing attempt was one of at least 10 global terror plots that year, part of what the State Department...

Iran “appears to be in the final stages of modifying” a site where it is suspected the regime conducted tests relevant to the development of nuclear warheads, according to new photos and analysis published by the U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS). Recent commercial satellite imagery shows new...