The likely murder in January 2015 of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating Iran’s role in Argentina’s worst-ever terror attack while Iran was negotiating to have United Nations sanctions lifted, “arguably most benefited Iran” as it stopped Nisman’s investigation before he was able to fully disclose his findings to the Argentine government or the UN, a report...

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The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) discovery of uranium particles at the Parchin military complex in Iran underscores the need to grant the agency full access to monitor the site, nuclear experts warned in a brief published Monday. The Obama administration recently acknowledged that the presence of uranium, reported by the IAEA in December, was a sign that...

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A top Iranian commander threatened the ruling family of Bahrain with an armed uprising while visiting Syria this week despite a United Nations travel ban. “The Al Khalifa [rulers of Bahrain] surely know their aggression against Sheikh Isa Qassim is a red line that crossing it would set Bahrain and the whole region on...

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An independent Iranian newspaper said it was shut down by authorities after criticizing the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The publication, Ghanoon, had run afoul of the IRGC for publishing an article critical of the force’s seizure of 10 U.S. Navy personnel in January, the Associated Press reported. The article compared a video showing the detained...

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Obama administration officials concluded that particles of uranium found at Iran’s Parchin military base and revealed in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report on the country’s past nuclear activities were likely tied to the regime’s nuclear weapons program, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Sunday. The admission further underscores concerns that the IAEA’s investigation...

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Leading Republican congressmen have warned Boeing Corporation not to proceed with a rumored deal to sell approximately 100 planes to Iran, pointing out that aircraft could be used to boost the Islamic Republic’s destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East, Fox News reported on Friday. “American companies should not be complicit in weaponizing...

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David Hazony’s attempt to enter the mind of the president is gripping all the way through, well-structured, and as persuasive as it’s possible to be given the limited evidence and the space constraints. But it is not the only plausible way to interpret the evidence. I have no theory about...

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A former IDF general warned Israelis on Tuesday that the next war with the Iran-backed Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah would lead to a barrage of rockets into Israel on an order of magnitude higher than anything Israel has yet faced. Major General (res.) Yitzhak Gershon, who served as the head of...

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A British-Iranian woman arrested by Iranian authorities in April will be charged with attempting to cause the “soft toppling” of the regime, the Associated Press reported Wednesday, citing Iranian media. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an employee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation who was visiting family in Iran, was detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as...

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Despite complaints from Iranian officials, sanctions relief provided to the Islamic Republic is projected to boost its economy by 3.7 percent in the coming fiscal year and by estimates of more than 4 percent annually over the next five years, according to a study (.pdf) published Wednesday by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. In a...

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