The deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces blamed Israel for the disasters in Mecca this month, in which more than 100 people died when a construction crane collapsed and more than 700 died in a stampede. Brig. Gen. Massoud Jazzayeri said that tragedies, in which more than 150 Iranians...

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As much as the Obama administration and its supporters—including some members of the so-called “arms control community”—want to sell the Iran deal as a foreign policy victory and nonproliferation success story, it is nothing of the sort. Not even according to many who reluctantly lent their support to the deal...

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On Monday morning, commuters in midtown Manhattan will begin navigating the various barriers and roadblocks that grind the city to a halt every year when the United Nations General Assembly comes to town. Those who find themselves on the length of 42nd Street from the West Side Highway to Second Avenue...

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Major General Ataollah Salehi, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, said this week that the army is “glad” to be at the “forefront” of those carrying out the wishes of Iran’s Supreme Leader to destroy Israel, the Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday. “Israel only barks, no matter how much weapons are...

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The announcement earlier this week that Iran had self-inspected its suspected nuclear research site at the Parchin military base, without inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) present, undermined the agency’s ability to address concerns about past and possibly current Iranian nuclear weapons work, former international weapons inspectors asserted...

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A comparison of two op-eds by European political leaders, one written ten years ago today and one written earlier this month, show a marked shift in attitudes towards Iran and its nuclear program. Ten years ago, the EU and constituent countries were willing to confront Iran over its deceptions and...

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A director of Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency has accused International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano of leaking information that led to the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists, Fars reported today. Seyed Yasser Jebrayeeli, the deputy managing director of the agency, made the charge in a letter and book that he...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani insisted in an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday that Iran would continue to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as long as ISIS and other terrorist groups still operate in Syria. Look, in a county where a large segment of the country has been occupied by terrorists, and there is bloodshed...

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Iran is using the expected financial windfall it will receive from the nuclear deal to increase its funding of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas, Avi Issacharoff reported in The Times of Israel today. Since the deal was signed, Iran has significantly increased its financial support for two of the largest terror groups...

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Iran collected samples from the Parchin military base, where it is believed to have carried out nuclear research, without international inspectors there to supervise, an Iranian official told the Islamic Republic News Agency today. Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behruz Kamalvandi said sampling of specific points in Parchin was done by Iranian...

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