American and European representatives to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague accused the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad of continuing to use chemical weapons against the Syrian people, Foreign Policy reported on Monday. “Chemical weapons use is becoming routine in the Syrian civil...

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The State Department acknowledged that it had advance knowledge of the execution of a dual Iranian-American citizen by Iran last month, the Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday. The organization Iran Human Rights, citing “confirmed sources,” disclosed that Iranian authorities hanged Hamid Samiee on November 4 for the alleged murder of...

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The United States never sought to use the nuclear deal with Iran to get a full accounting of Tehran’s past nuclear research, Armin Rosen wrote in an article published by Business Insider on Monday, citing a State Department report obtained by the publication. Rosen, who noted that there is “extensive evidence”...

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In addition to ensuring that Tehran will be able to develop a nuclear weapon within 15 years, the nuclear deal with Iran has “worsened the sectarian conflicts of the Middle East and exported them to Europe,” Lee Smith, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, argued in an article published Monday...

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Over the past year, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano has consistently asserted his inability to guarantee that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. Yet, according to news reports, the United States intends to move forward with the nuclear deal, including the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions imposed on...

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Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), revealed that Iran did not answer all questions about the possible military dimensions (PMD) of its past nuclear work, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The issue has dominated IAEA meetings, contributed to U.N. Security Council resolutions against...

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Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, warned that if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) doesn’t close its file of past Iranian nuclear violations, the Islamic Republic will stop complying with the terms of the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 powers, Iran’s semi-official PressTV news service reported on...

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the U.S. was attempting to infiltrate Iran using “money and sexual attractions,” the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Revolutionary Guard commanders that authorities should take concerns about “infiltration” seriously and political factions should not use the issue against...

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Israel’s Interior Minister Silvan Shalom has issued an entry visa to the exiled and openly gay Iranian poet Payam Feili, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Feili, who was persecuted in Iran for his sexuality as well as his professed admiration for Israel, has been living in Turkey for the past...

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A spike in Iranian hacking attacks on U.S. State Department officials has prompted Congress to boost the military’s ability to counter cyber-security threats, The New York Times reported Wednesday. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, informed Congress in closed sessions that state-backed Iranian hackers “were stepping up traditional cyberespionage,...

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