IRAN’S REACTION TO ISRAELI CONSULATE BOMBING
Iran has issued a response to the recent Israeli assault on its embassy in Syria, acknowledging that the strike resulted in the deaths of two Iranian generals and five other personnel. The Israeli Defence Force has been anticipating it. Unsurprisingly, Tehran’s response indicates a desire for retaliation against Israel. Iran Continue Reading
Israel Bombs Iranian Consulate in Syria
Israeli aircraft targeted the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, killing and wounding several people, including Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ overseas operations arm, the Quds Force. The Syrian defence ministry said work was underway to recover bodies and rescue wounded from the rubble. The Continue Reading
Iran Executes and Publicly Hangs Another Protester
Majidreza Rahnavard was publicly hanged from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others after being convicted of stabbing two members of a paramilitary force. Activists warn that at least a dozen people have already been sentenced to death in closed-door hearings. On Monday, Iran’s Mizan news agency published Continue Reading
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Release as she arrives at Tehran’s Airport
On Wednesday morning, Iranian officials said that British-Iranian detainees Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori had been released from custody. Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s lawyer in Iran confirmed the news, as did Tulip Siddiq, her MP in the UK. When asked for comment by the Guardian Newspaper, Zaghari-family Ratcliffe’s in the UK stated they Continue Reading
Iran’s vast web of influence in Iraq revealed by leaked intelligence
Leaked Intelligence shows a Iraqi security agent returned to Iran to apply for his previous job as a double agent. The leaked files are from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), and they mostly concern Iran’s intelligence operations in Iraq. The released data demonstrate how Iraq acts as a Continue Reading
US stalls CIA Covert Action in Iran report disclosure
The U.S. Department of State has blocked the publication of a long-awaited documentary history of U.S. covert action in Iran in the 1950s out of concern that its release could adversely affect ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. The controversial Iran history volume, part of the official Foreign Relations of Continue Reading
