Spar, a well-known Dutch supermarket chain, is at the center of a controversy involving international sanctions. Spar has been charged with aiding Iran in avoiding sanctions, according to a recent …
Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play, state media says
Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play as a first step to scale back internet restrictions, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. The Islamic Republic has some of the strictest controls on Internet access in the world,
Israel confirms it killed Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July as it takes aim at Yemen’s Houthis
Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last summer, Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed. The comments by Katz appeared to mark the first time that Israel has acknowledged killing Haniyeh, who died in an explosion in Tehran in July.
Trump Will Confront a More Vulnerable but Determined Iran
Coercive diplomacy” could leave Tehran to choose either a negotiated disassembly of its nuclear capability, or a forced one.
Iran Oil Tycoon ‘Hector’ Plays Key Role in Arms Sales to Russia
Hossein Shamkhani, whose father is a senior figure in Tehran, has emerged as a major player in the supply of Iranian arms to Russia, according to US officials and people familiar with his dealings.
Iran Fears Near-Term Israeli Attack
We need to act against the head of the snake, which is the Iranian regime itself…. And that’s what we will do,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.
Iran’s weakened position could lead it to pursue nuclear weapon, Biden national security adviser warns
The White House is concerned that Iran’s weakened position will prompt the regime to pursue a nuclear weapon and is coordinating with the Trump team on this concern.
Iran recruiting children to carry out attacks on Israeli targets in Nordic nations: report
The governments of Sweden and Norway have both warned their citizens that Iran is conducting operations in the region. In October, Norway even raised its terror alert to high from medium and …
Fall of Assad, rise of Trump: Why 2024 was a very bad year for Iran
The fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was the crescendo of a remarkably bad year for the Iranian regime. The Islamic Republic suffered major blows in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, diminishing the power of …
Israel’s Enemy in Yemen Proves Hard for U.S. to Deter
The Iranian-backed rebels have kept up a steady drumbeat of attacks in the Red Sea on commercial shipping despite a U.S. campaign to stop them.