Argentina has requested the extradition of Iran’s former foreign minister due to his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aries, Agence France-Presse reported Friday. The extradition of Ali Akbar Velayati, currently a close advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was sent by Investigating Judge Rodolfo...

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Iran has expanded its delivery of weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, U.S. and Iranian officials told Reuters Thursday. The weapons are smuggled overland into Yemen via the neighboring country of Oman. “What they’re bringing in via Oman are anti-ship missiles, explosives… money and personnel,” a U.S. official said. A senior Iranian diplomat confirmed...

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The cases of American father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi, two Americans who were recently sentenced to ten years in prison by Iran, show that the Islamic Republic “may hope that its prisoners can eventually be exchanged for lucre,” The Washington Post editorial board wrote Thursday. The Namazis were convicted of “cooperating with the hostile U.S. government,” as...

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Iran is in the midst of a three-day air war drill using American planes, the Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday. “The goal of holding this drill is the creation of readiness so as to be able to combat any threat, and should a war occur, the Air Force will be...

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Private documents released by WikiLeaks show that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton held significantly different private views on Middle East policy than President Barack Obama, Eli Lake of Bloomberg View reported Monday. In the transcript of a speech given to the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago in 2013, Clinton rejected the idea that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was...

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Iranian-American father and son Baquer and Siamak Namazi have been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of collaborating with a foreign government, the Mizan news agency, which is controlled by the Iranian judiciary, announced Tuesday. Siamak Namazi, a businessman who advocated for closer ties between the U.S. and Iran, was...

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A conglomerate controlled by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is poised to reap huge profits from new oil deals after the country’s petroleum market was opened up in the wake of last year’s nuclear deal, two researchers at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote in a policy brief on Tuesday. Saeed Ghasseminejad and Amir Toumaj...

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The U.S. Chess Federation took a stand in support of U.S. women’s champion Nazi Paikidze-Barnes, saying Thursday that it would support her boycott of next year’s world women’s championship in Iran due to the Islamic Republic’s mandatory dress code for women. Paikidze-Barnes, 22, said she would rather boycott the contest than...

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Three men linked to the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah were accused of laundering drug money on behalf of the Colombian cartel after authorities said they illegally moved $500,000 into Miami banks, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. The apparent ringleader of the money laundering scheme, 31-year-old Mohammad Ahmad Ammar from Medellin, Colombia, “was quietly booked...

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The U.S. Treasury Department’s recent decision to loosen banking restrictions on Iran has come under criticism from members of Congress and former Treasury officials, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Last Friday, the Treasury updated its guidelines by loosening restrictions on foreign investments in Iran, including allowing Iran access to American dollars. In another change, the Treasury may choose not...

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