Iran has decided to unite its Shiite militias operating in Syria into one organization that will be a “Parallel Army” to the Syrian army, the al-Hayat newspaper reported on Wednesday. Iran operates Iraqi and Afghan militias in Syria in an attempt to protect the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Siraj...

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In a televised speech yesterday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that “there is no place extending on the land of occupied Palestine that the resistance’s rockets cannot reach.” The Times of Israel reports that Nasrallah made specific threats: Hezbollah’s secretary-general also pledged that the Shiite organization’s rockets would force Israel...

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In an analysis published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, Michael Singh, managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, writes that though the United States in recent years has become more accepting of Tehran’s positions, “the changes in U.S.-Iran relations have been decidedly one-sided.” Singh writes that while...

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Iranian officials over the weekend and into Monday issued a series of statements emphasizing hostility toward the United States, days after a series of articles emerged suggesting that the Obama administration was in many ways laying the groundwork for a regional realignment that would grant the Iranians greater influence across...

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After the recent capture of Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, by Shiite rebels, an Iranian official has boasted that the Islamic Republic now controls four Arab capitals. The other three capitals are Damascus, Syria; Baghdad, Iraq; and Beirut, Lebanon. The boast, which was reported in an analysis published yesterday by Lt. Col. (ret.)...

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Ahead of nuclear talks expected to take place next week in Oman, influential figures in Arab countries are expressing concern over the possible agreement that may be reached between Iran and the world powers, emphasizing that Iran seeks to obtain nuclear weapons regardless of the outcome of the negotiations. For them,...

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An unsigned editorial published Friday in The Washington Post urged President Barack Obama “to initiate a reset” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of last week’s diplomatic spat. The editorial begins by wondering “why the Israeli leader provokes such passionate animus from an administration that coolly shrugs off insults...

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Ahead of nuclear talks expected to take place next week in Oman, Iran is renewing militant threats against the United States and its allies. Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the naval force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, made a further clear and explicit threat to the US, promising to destroy...

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Mohammad Mostafaei, the first lawyer for Reyhaneh Jabbari, the 26 year old woman Iranian who was recently executed for killing an assailant, told UN Watch Friday that Jabbari was not given a fair trial: I was Reyhaneh Jabbari’s lawyer. Mr. Larijani’s statement is completely false. It is not true that she had...

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A conflict of interests and differing regional stances are fueling a crisis between the Turkish and Iranian regimes. The two sides are now dealing with “the most violent” exchange of accusations since the war in Syria began, the Al-Khabar Press website reported. Iran and Turkey back opposing actors in the...

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