Iran’s determination to prevent ISIS from encroaching on Shi’ite-dominated areas of Iraq, or parts of Syria held by the forces of Iran-allied dictator Bashar al-Assad, will allow it to gain regional influence and global respect, Reuel Marc Gerecht, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Ray Takeyh, a senior...

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In response to a report that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad blamed France for the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Secretary of State John Kerry said that “Assad has cut his own deal with Daesh” at a press conference Saturday in Vienna. Daesh is the Arabic...

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The Obama administration has curtailed its demands for the immediate removal of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and has allowed Iran to join diplomatic talks on Syria’s civil war, signaling that the Islamic Republic may continue “wielding influence over Syria” and arming terrorist groups unabated, the Associated Press reported on Thursday....

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In the wake of reports that Iran has stopped dismantling uranium-enriching centrifuges, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D – Md.) released a statement calling on the United States and its partner nations not to tolerate any Iranian violations of the nuclear deal, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday. House Minority Whip Steny...

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Ahmed Shaheed and David Kaye, respectively the UN’s Special Rapporteurs for the human rights situation in Iran and for the right to freedom of opinion and expression, called on Iran to stop intimidating journalists “as the country prepares for parliamentary elections early next year,” in a statement released Wednesday. The statement...

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An Iranian hacking group believed to be affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was crippled by raids carried out by police across Europe after an Israeli-American cybersecurity firm informed them about the group’s activities, Reuters reported on Monday. Researchers from U.S.-Israeli security firm Check Point Software said the 1,600 high-profile...

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Iranian state media reports that the regime has stopped dismantling inactive centrifuges at two uranium enrichment plants, Reuters wrote on Tuesday. “The (dismantling) process stopped with a warning,” Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the National Security Council, was quoted as saying by the ISNA student news agency. Only decommissioned centrifuges were...

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Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, the newly installed commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, said that Iran’s “malign behavior” at sea has not changed since the announcement of the nuclear deal this past July, the Associated Press reported Sunday. Donegan took command of the Dubai-based fleet in September. He told...

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The Obama administration’s outreach to repressive regimes in Myanmar, Cuba, and Iran, rather than having a moderating influence, has instead allowed them to “entrench their authoritarian systems for the long term, while screening out any liberalizing influence,” Jackson Diehl, the deputy editorial page editor of The Washington Post, wrote in...

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In the wake of the nuclear deal with Iran, President Barack Obama can help secure Israel’s borders by recognizing its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Knesset member Michael Oren wrote in an op-ed published at CNN on Sunday. Oren argued that this recognition,...

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