In an interview with 60 Minutes scheduled to air tonight, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani claimed that chants of “death to America” are not “a slogan against the American people.” But Rouhani, who is often described in Western media as a moderate, has repeatedly supported extreme anti-American positions and rhetoric. During...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has released a video that threatened the United States with defeat in the case of war between the two countries, The Times of Israel reported today. The clip — published September 13 to Khamenei’s official YouTube channel — is entitled “If Any War Happens.” It...

Three Israeli policemen and one Palestinian rioter were injured in a clash in Jerusalem, when rioters threw Molotov cocktails and stones at security forces, The Times of Israel reported today. Israel Police said that the incident began when Border Police deployed in the East Talpiot area came under a deluge of...

American officials have confirmed the presence of multiple Russian fighter jets in Syria, boosting Russia’s ground presence in that country with “significant air power,” Reuters reported today. One of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there were four Russian jets at the airfield near Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian...

The government of Iran released five top al-Qaeda leaders earlier this year, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Times reported that experts fear that the release of these terrorists “could re-energize the militant group, providing an influx of vetted leaders at a crucial time.” The Iranian government, in a statement on...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a speech this week that the Palestinians would not allow Jews to desecrate the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem with their “filthy feet,” Palestinian Media Watch reported yesterday. Yesterday, Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas described Jews on the Temple Mount...

Two former weapons inspectors urged releasing the details of an agreement reached between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding inspections of the Parchin military site, where Iran is believed to have carried out research relating to the detonation of nuclear bombs, Reuters reported today. Several nuclear security...

The United States began talks with Iran in 2011, two years before previously reported and while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was still president of the Islamic Republic, an analysis published Wednesday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) revealed. The analysis was based on statements made by top Iranian officials to...

Niamh Bushnell, Dublin’s Commissioner of Start-Ups, said that she’s “blown away” by the Israel tech sector, in a report Wednesday by David Shamah, The Times of Israel’s technology reporter. Bushnell observed both similarities and differences between her country, Ireland, and Israel. Both countries, being small, don’t necessarily have the markets for...

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, confirmed on Wednesday that Russia had “announced their preparedness to cooperate and improve Iran’s centrifuges to produce stable isotopes.” Under the terms of the nuclear deal, Iran will be allowed to maintain more than 1,000 centrifuges in the fortified...