The Syrian army is now using advanced Russian weapons, a sign of increased Russian involvement in the country’s civil war, Reuters reported today. The reported cited a Syrian military source. “The weapons are highly effective and very accurate, and hit targets precisely,” the source said in response to a question about Russian...

Over the past 15 years, the government of Iran has been found liable in American courts for more than $40 billion in restitution to victims of terror attacks conducted by groups it sponsors. A bill introduced to the House of Representatives last week would mandate that Iran pay that money to victims before it receives any sanctions...

The captain of Iran’s women’s soccer team will not be competing in the Asian Cup tournament after her husband confiscated her passport, preventing her from traveling abroad, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The dispute between 30-year-old midfielder Niloufar Ardalan and her husband, sports journalist Mahdi Toutounchi, touches on the rights of...

An Iranian airline is still operating in Europe, which it uses as a base to provide arms, fighters, and logistical support to the Syrian regime despite American sanctions against it. Benjamin Weinthal and Emanuele Ottolenghi, fellows at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, reported Tuesday in Politico that Mahan Air continues to expand its European connections in the...

The Obama administration should release all of the papers found at Osama Bin Laden’s complex that expose the ongoing ties between Iran and al-Qaeda, The Wall Street Journal urged in an editorial (Google link) Tuesday. The editorial noted that former Vice President Dick Cheney gave a speech last week in which he quoted Gen. Michael Flynn, the...

President Barack Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on November 9, the White House confirmed today. They are scheduled to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, strategies to counter ISIS, and other regional issues. Obama had mentioned that plans for the meeting were already underway in a conference call with...

Over 80 percent of Americans believe that Iran is a threat to the United States, including 49 percent who indicated that Iran is a “very serious threat,” a CNN poll revealed last week. The number who believe Iran is a “very serious threat” is up ten percent since April. 60 percent of respondents think Iran is very or extremely likely to...

A foundation run by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stands to be a major beneficiary of lifted sanctions as part of the nuclear deal with Iran, Reuters reported Tuesday. Khamenei has yet to publicly back the accord, which lifts some sanctions on Iran in return for limits on its nuclear program. But...

Qasssem Suleimani, the general of Iran’s elite militia who is subject to UN sanctions and a travel ban, reportedly met this week with Russian leaders in Moscow for the second time in two months. The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir, known as being sympathetic to the terrorist group Hezbollah, reported on Tuesday that Suleimani,...

A prominent Iranian dissident has exposed the extensive commercial and political links between National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and a number of key figures in the Iranian regime, including current President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Writing in the Daily Beast under the pseudonym “Alex Shirazi,” the dissident...