American and Iranian officials confirmed Monday that the Obama administration undertook an $8.6 million purchase of nuclear materials from Iran, the Washington Free Beacon reported. The taxpayer-funded deal sought to prevent Iran from violating the nuclear deal it reached with world powers last summer. “I can confirm reports that the DOE...

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Iran engaged in secret efforts last year to procure nuclear-related materials that spanned at least half of Germany’s states and involved attempts to advance the Islamic Republic’s chemical and biological weapons capabilities, according to newly-released German intelligence documents examined by the Jerusalem Post. Iranian operatives targeted German manufacturers whose products could...

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Iran’s sponsorship of terrorist groups and activities has “only increased” in the year since Tehran reached a nuclear deal with world powers, Matthew Levitt, director of the Washington Institute’s counterterrorism and intelligence program, wrote in a policy analysis published Friday. Citing promises by U.S. officials to curb Iranian aggression irrespective...

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One year after it signed the nuclear deal, Iran is still attempting to secretly procure illicit nuclear technology and equipment, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency revealed last week. In its 317-page annual report, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known by its German acronym BfV, said that Iran is engaging...

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein announced Tuesday that there was strong evidence that Iran-backed Shia militias had committed atrocities in the recent battle to reclaim the Iraqi city of Fallujah from ISIS. More than 900 men and boys from heavily Sunni Fallujah remain missing, and may have been...

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A renowned Iranian-Canadian sculptor was barred from leaving the Islamic Republic on Saturday, the day before he was scheduled to speak at the British Museum. Parviz Tanavoli said he was ready to board a flight to London at Tehran’s international airport when his passport was confiscated. Border control officials told...

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Iranian police cancelled a fashion show scheduled to mark the opening of a Levi’s store in a Tehran mall on Wednesday. A “last-minute police intervention” took place just before male models were set to walk the catwalk in front of a crowd of 150, the state-run Tasnim news agency reported. The organizers of the event claimed...

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Boeing’s recently announced multi-billion dollar deal with Iran has drawn stinging rebukes from influential members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. Rep. Brad Sherman (D – Calif.) wrote in a letter this week that the Obama administration should block the $17.6 billion sale for 80 planes, The Hill reported...

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Muslims should set aside their differences and focus on “the ideal of liberating Palestine,” Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said Friday at an event for al-Quds Day, an anti-Israel celebration held annually by Iran. Al-Quds is the Arabic and Farsi name for Jerusalem. The day’s rallies, held across the country, were attended by tens...

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The U.S. Navy’s investigation into the capture of ten American sailors in January “concluded that Iran violated international law” when it seized the sailors, the United States Chief of Naval Operations announced Thursday. In his prepared remarks, Admiral John Richardson explained the ways Iran violated international law. The U.S. ships, which were captured in...

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