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| May 9, 2017
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Report: Iran tests advanced torpedo provoking Washington

 

US news outlets report the Iranian Navy tested an advanced submarine launched torpedo in the Strait of Hormuz, considered to be one of the world’s most strategically important shipping corridors.

By Eyal Lehman

 

US news sources reported Monday evening that Iran tested an advanced torpedo missile near the Strait of Hormuz.

Senior officials in the American security infrastructure told Fox News and NBC that the experiment was conducted within Iran’s maritime border and did not violate international law, but noted that it is considered to be another Iranian provocation following the increasing tensions between the states since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Continue Reading »

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| March 9, 2017
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Iran blocks Waze GPS navigation for being ‘Made in Israel’

 

Although the app is widely used among Iranian drivers, the Iranian news agency FARS reports a temporarily block of the GPS navigation application Waze is currently in effect due to gov’t concerns, since its development was in the Jewish State.

By Ynet

 

 

Authorities in Iran have temporarily blocked people from using the navigation app Waze because it was developed in Israel.

In a report publicized by the Iranian news agency FARS, it was stated that a final permanent decision regarding the use of the program will be made soon. As of now, the app is unavailable for download, and the actual use of the program is being blocked by the government. Continue Reading »

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| February 19, 2017
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Saudi Arabia echoes Israeli warnings against Iran at Security Conference

 

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Turkey’s foreign minister joined Avigdor Lieberman and the Saudi Foreign Minister urging the international community to punish Iran’s aggression and activities that are undermining regional stability.

By Itamar Eichner and Reuters

 

Israel and Saudi Arabia presented a united front on Sunday, issuing almost identical warnings of caution against Iranian aggression Sunday as the two countries urged the international community to punish Tehran for a myriad of activities undermining regional stability.Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir closed ranks, despite their respective countries having no official diplomatic relations, as they rebuffed statements made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif calling on Sunni Muslim Gulf states to help reduce violence in the area. Continue Reading »

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| September 17, 2016
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Iran has made itself into a ‘DESERT OF HATE’

 

After years of drought, the water-starved country’s hateful politics can’t allow it to turn to the one country that could really save it.

P. David Hornik

 

Iran’s pistachio farms are dying of thirst.

That may not, in itself, seem like major news. But it has a greater significance.

After crude oil, pistachio nuts are Iran’s biggest export, with only the United States producing more. Yet a drought lasting years, along with uncontrolled pumping of water by farmers, has created a situation where the pistachio crop is drying up.

AFP reports that:

In Kerman province in southern Iran, cities have grown rich from pistachios,
but time is running out for the industry.
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| August 2, 2016
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Iranian official exposes Palestinian President Abbas of being CIA collaborator

 

Iran and the Palestinian Authority’s last public spat came in February when Tehran announced it would bypass Abbas’ PA and send money directly to families whose children carried out armed attacks against Israelis.

By ADAM RASGON

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an Iranian diaspora opposition group, met in Paris on Saturday, renewing tensions between the Palestinian leadership and Iran.

Abbas meets Rajavi, the head of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), in Paris.

Abbas hosted Rajavi at his hotel and updated her on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and the Middle East, according to Wafa, the official Palestinian Authority news agency. Continue Reading »

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| June 17, 2016
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Israeli NGO threatens Boeing with lawsuit over deal with Iran

 

In the last two years Shurat Hadin – the Israel Law Center, has won blockbuster judgments against the Palestinian Authority & Iran, and now says Iran needs to pay lost court debts before it can purchase the planes.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Thursday told US aerospace giant Boeing that it will place liens on any of its airplanes slated for Iran if it goes through with an announced sale.

Boeing company as seen in Los Angeles, California, US. – Photo: REUTERS

The NGO represents hundreds of families of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism who hold billions of dollars in unsatisfied US court judgments, and it says Iran needs to pay the debts before it can purchase the planes. Continue Reading »

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| April 7, 2016
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Watch Bahrani FM admit Iran is bigger threat to Gulf states than Israel

 

view videoBefore Bahrain listed the Shi’ite militia group Hezbollah a “terrorist organization,” they broke off formal relations with Iran at the beginning of 2016.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Iran presents a greater danger to Gulf States and the stability of the Middle East than Israel, a high ranking official in the Bahrain government told Arab Media in recent comments.

During an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya TV last Tuesday, Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said that Iran is currently the coastal kingdom’s “biggest problem” and added that his country will not “hesitate to defend” itself if necessary, according to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2016
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Bahrain’s king meets WJC Rabbi, reportedly seeking Arab League to blacklist Hezbollah as terror group

 

World Jewish Congress VP Rabbi Marc Schneier has been received in the Gulf state of Bahrain by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to discuss regional concerns in the Middle East.

By JEREMY SHARON

 

The King of Bahrain has reportedly recommended that the recent designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization by the Gulf Cooperation Council be taken up by the Arab League as well.

World Jewish Congress VP Rabbi Marc Schneier has been received in the Gulf state of Bahrain by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. – Photo courtesy

King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, head of the tiny island nation, has been one of the most ardent proponents for labeling the Lebanese Shi’ite militia as a terrorist group as part of efforts to fight back against growing Iranian hegemony in the region. Continue Reading »

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| July 10, 2015
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Nasrallah tells televised crowd, Iran is world’s only hope to liberate Jerusalem

From his secret underground hideout, Hezbollah leader delivers annual speech via large screen to Beirut neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, in Iran, anti-Israel/anti-American rallies spread across the country as yet another deadline is set for negotiations on its nuclear program.

By Roi Kais & The Associated Press

 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave his annual speech Friday to mark “Al-Quds Day,” calling Iran “The only hope left for liberating Palestine and Jerusalem.

Nasrallah on the big screen.

Nasrallah’s speech was televised and filmed in a hidden bunker and screened in a event in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut. He also said that Iran would be “perverting her own religion” if Tehran agreed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demands that Israel be recognized as a Jewish State. Continue Reading »

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| July 9, 2015
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Day Iran Makes Deal with US Will Be Rally & Parade Dedicated to Israel’s Destruction

Annual Quds day event of fiery anti-Israel rallies in Tehran falls on last Friday of Ramadan, the date of new Iran deadline, and attracts tens of thousands of people seeking Israel’s annihilation.

By HERB KEINON

 

Regardless of whether the world powers and Iran sign a nuclear deal by the new Friday deadline, chants of “Death to Israel” are expected to reverberate throughout Iran that day as it happens to fall on the anti-Israel Quds day.

Iranian protestors burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration in Tehran on July 25, 2014 to mark the Quds Day. – Photo: BEHROUZ MEHRI /AFP

Quds day – initiated in 1979 by the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Khomeini – is an annual event of fiery anti-Israel protests in Iran on the last Friday of Ramadan that attracts tens of thousands of people.

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| July 6, 2015
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Report: Jordan thwarts Iranian-planned terror plot

Jordanian security forces reported to have  arrested foreigner possessing 45 kg of high-grade explosives in ‘most serious case in a decade’. 

By Roi Kais

 

The Jordanian newspaper Al Rai reported Monday morning that Jordanian security forces had foiled a terror plot by a member of an Iranian-backed group.

Joint training by Jordanian and US militaries (Archive Photo: Getty Images)
Joint training by Jordanian and US militaries – Archive Photo: Getty Images

According to the report, the suspect belongs to the Iranian Bayt al-Maqdis group – which is unrelated to the identically named Egyptian group has recently changed its moniker sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The suspect reportedly holds Iraqi and Norwegian citizenship, was arrested in northern Jordan, and found to be in possession of large amounts of explosives. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2015
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Teheran unveils new far reaching radar system to deter Israel assault

Iranian Revolutionary Guard holds ceremony to boast new radar array placed in strategic position parallel to Israel, that can detect approaching IDF aircraft from 600 km away.

By Reuters

 

Iran says it has deployed a new domestically built long-range radar system, signalling a strengthening of its air defences as it holds what may be the final days of talks on a nuclear deal with world powers.

IRGC Ghadir phased radar station
IRGC Ghadir phased radar station

Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) air defence force, unveiled the Ghadir phased-array radar in Ahwaz city in southwestern Khuzestan province near the Iraq border, state television said late on Saturday. Continue Reading »

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| May 28, 2015
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Iran establishes anti-Islamic State cartoon competition

Cartoon competition was conceived to promote a ‘culture of resistance’ and ‘defense against evil, violence & terror’.

By i24news

 

Iran has launched an anti-Islamic State cartoon competition, inviting submissions from around the world to mock the jihadist group.

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According to the state-run IRNA news agency, cartoonists were told by Iran’s House of Cartoon to focus on “the crimes committed by the Islamic State” and over 800 entries have been received so far from 40 different countries.

Of the 800 entries, some 280 works will be displayed on the streets of Tehran starting Sunday and will later be displayed in four different cultural centers in the city, including one which once displayed cartoons which focused on Holocaust denial. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2015
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No Honor Between Terrorists: Iran Stops Sending Cash to Palestinian Islamic Jihad Group

Palestinian paper reports the dispute between Iran & the Palestinian Islamic Jihad erupted after the terror organization refused to issue a statement of support for the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fighting the Saudis in Yemen.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Iran has stopped funding the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization, which is already facing a severe financial crisis, the Palestinian daily Al-Quds reported on Wednesday.

Islamic Jihad
An Islamic Jihad militant attends an anti-Israel rally in Rafah. – Photo: REUTERS

According to the paper, the organization has not been able to pay salaries to its members for the past four months due to the crisis. Continue Reading »

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| May 6, 2015
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REPORT: Israel Destroys SCUD Factory in Sudan But Lost UAV In Operation

Sudan claims it shot down Israeli UAV, but denies Arab media reports that the IAF destroyed an Iranian SCUD missile factory & warehouse near Khartoum.

By Ari Yashar

 

The Sudanese army claimed it shot down an Israeli drone, after Arab media reported on Wednesday that Israeli war planes struck sites around the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, destroying weapons sites apparently destined for Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Israeli Heron UAV (illustration) – Reuters

The London-based Arabic-language Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and other Arab news sources reported the strikes, saying they hit a factory producing long-range Scud missiles, a rocket storage site, as well as a convoy that was leaving the military site in Omdurman to the north of Khartoum.

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