One of the twelve terrorists killed in yesterday’s air strike on a Hezbollah convoy in Syria was identified by Iran as a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), The Times of Israel reported today, citing a source who was quoted by Agence France-Presse. “The Israeli strike killed six...

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The Arab media is giving intense coverage to Sunday’s attack just inside the Syria-Israel border, which was attributed to Israel. Jihad Mughniyeh, a Hezbollah commander and son of notorious terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, was killed along with at least nine others in an airstrike Sunday against a convoy in the Syrian section...

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Jihad Mughniyeh, a Hezbollah commander and son of notorious terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, was killed along with at least nine others today in Israeli airstrikes against a convoy in the Syrian section of the Golan Heights. The Daily Star of Lebanon reports: An Israeli helicopter strike on Syria’s Golan Heights Sunday killed...

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During a press conference Friday, President Obama vowed to veto the conditional sanctions put forward by the renewed Kirk-Menendez bill, a law that would place increased sanctions on Iran’s economy if there is no final nuclear deal by June 30. The president declared that he is “not suggesting that we...

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President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina was accused by a state prosecutor Wednesday of covering up Iran’s involvement in 1994 bombing of the AMIA building, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack since the Holocaust, in order to strengthen ties between Buenos Aires and Tehran. Special prosecutor Alberto Nisman cited phone taps as...

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The State Department on Wednesday faced a barrage of questions about the status of Iran negotiations after the Iranians announced that they would expand their nuclear program and take action against an American journalist imprisoned in the country. Iranian media conveyed reports that day President Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran...

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Iran’s announced construction of two light-water reactors does not violate the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) signed between Iran and the P5+1 nations in November 2013, a State Department official told the Washington Free Beacon today. “We are aware of the announcement and are reviewing the details,” said the official, who was not authorized to...

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Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been indicted by Iran and may face a trial, the Post reported Wednesday. Iranian judiciary authorities have referred the case of a detained Washington Post journalist to Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, a news agency reported Wednesday, in a move that appears to set the stage...

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Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Tuesday warned that sanctions relief provided to Iran by the current interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) had bolstered the Iranians’ negotiating position in nuclear talks with the West, and suggested that lawmakers in Washington would vote to boost the leverage of American negotiators in...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced plans yesterday to build two more nuclear reactors near the one already operating in Bushehr, Iran’s Farsnews reported today. “Construction of two new power plants will increase the capacity of Bushehr province’s power generation to 2,000 megawatts,” President Rouhani said in a meeting with investors and...

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