Members of Congress are warning that a recent White House directive to share more sensitive intelligence with Cuba will in turn benefit Iran, which is developing a larger footprint in Latin America, the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday. The policy directive, issued on October 14, instructed the U.S. director of national intelligence “to...

• Kindle

American and coalition forces have intercepted five Iranian arms shipments to Houthi rebels in Yemen since April 2015, the commander of the United States Fifth Fleet announced last week. Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan said that the weaponry included thousands of AK-47 automatic rifles, anti-tank missiles, and sniper rifles, CNN reported on Saturday. The U.S. Navy...

• Kindle

Lebanon’s newest president, a retired general who is firmly allied with the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, threatened Israel in his inaugural address in Beirut on Monday, The Times of Israel reported. Michel Aoun secured 83 votes in parliament, comfortably exceeding the majority required to win the presidency in the 128-seat chamber....

• Kindle

Two men from the Los Angeles area have been charged with attempting to smuggle military plane parts to Iran, the Justice Department announced on Friday. Zavik Zargarian and Vache Nayirian were arrested on Wednesday morning over their suspected roles in “a scheme to smuggle millions of dollars’ worth of military aircraft parts and other...

• Kindle

You probably haven’t heard of Karlheinz Kopf. He’s one of three Austrian politicians currently sharing that country’s presidency following the departure of the previous incumbent in July. Kopf just returned to Vienna from Iran, where he distinguished himself by calling on the United States to ditch those sanctions against the...

• Kindle

Representatives of the Baha’i religion accused the government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday of “ongoing efforts to destroy the Baha’i community,” the Associated Press reported. In a 122-page document, the Baha’i International Community outlined the Rouhani administration’s efforts to intensify its “campaign to incite hatred against Baha’is,” including by spreading over...

• Kindle

Advisors to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are articulating policies that suggest that a Clinton administration will adopt a tougher line towards Iran, Eli Lake of Bloomberg View reported Wednesday. Lake’s report focuses mostly on former acting CIA director Michael Morell, who said in a speech earlier this week that the...

• Kindle

The European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a report on Iran that condemned the Islamic Republic’s Holocaust denial, violent rhetoric towards Israel, and support for terrorism. One amendment to the report, which stated that the legislative body “strongly condemns the Iranian regime’s repeated calls for the destruction of Israel and...

• Kindle

A dual Iranian-American citizen was sentenced to 18 years in prison by Iranian authorities over the weekend on charges related to espionage and “collaborating with a hostile government,” VICE News reported Monday. Reza Shahini, a 46-year-old from San Diego, was visiting his ailing mother in northeast Iran when he was arrested by Iranian Revolutionary...

• Kindle

Iran is likely behind a series of attacks by Yemeni rebels on American ships in recent weeks, the top United States commander stationed in the Middle East said Wednesday. “I do think that Iran is playing a role in some of this,” Gen. Joseph Votel, the commander of the U.S. Central Command, said...

• Kindle