Israel will deploy its first full-power Iron Beam laser defense battery by year’s end, with senior defense officials declaring the system will “fundamentally change the rules of engagement on the battlefield” as the Jewish state braces for continued clashes with Iran and its terror proxies.
The air quality index in Tehran has deteriorated to “unhealthy” and “alarming” levels, according to both outside experts and the Iranian government, which advised city residents to remain indoors last week.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday denounced before the Paraguayan parliament that Venezuela’s socialist regime is the main “nexus” that facilitates the presence of Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis in the region.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, voted on a resolution on Thursday demanding full cooperation from Iran and “precise information” about its stockpile of enriched uranium.
Taliban Trade Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi traveled to New Delhi on Wednesday in search of trade deals and investments, taking the relationship between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and India another step forward.
President Donald Trump appears to have suffered two diplomatic disappointments this month, as first Syria and then Saudi Arabia chose not to join the Abraham Accords.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reached out to his counterpart in Russia, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday in anticipation of a United Nations vote to potentially condemn the former’s illicit nuclear program – an admission of weakness following nearly a year of aggressive White House policies to curtail Iran’s malign international influence.
Iran made an all-out effort last week to combat a severe drought by seeding the clouds with chemicals to produce rain. The technique appears to have worked all too well, as heavy rainfall caused flooding in portions of western Iran on Monday.
IIsrael is pressing the Trump administration to condition any sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on Riyadh agreeing to normalize relations with Jerusalem and join the Abraham Accords.
Iranian forces seized an oil tanker named Talara as it transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
The recently inaugurated administration of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz restored the country’s diplomatic ties with Israel, the Israeli government announced on Tuesday.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Monday said that America is willing to help the new government of Bolivia dismantle Iran’s terrorist influence in the country.
The Israeli embassy in Montevideo recently warned Uruguay on the growing strength and influence of Hezbollah in South America, the Argentine outlet Infobae reported on Tuesday.
Officials in Iran have begun cutting the water pressure to homes in Tehran in response to an increasingly dire drought and water supply crisis, but refused this week to describe the “pressure cuts” as rationing even as it reduced Tehranis’ access to water.
The Israeli Embassy in Mexico revealed that Mexican authorities worked to foil an assassination plot by Iran against its ambassador in that country. The announcement sparked controversy in Mexico as government officials tried to distance themselves from the operation. Iran’s Embassy in Mexico claimed that it was all lies from Israel.
The Iranian regime held massive rallies in over 900 cities on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of the hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in 1979 – an event known as the “National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance” in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, celebrated the violent 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during an anniversary event on Monday, declaring that “intrinsic” differences between America and his regime made cooperation impossible.
Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Saturday that his agency believes “the majority” of Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium survived bombing runs from Israel and the United States in June.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) has announced he will return donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and refuse future support.
Chinese state actors are a national security threat to the United Kingdom “every day”, Russian agents are committed to “causing havoc and destruction”, and Iran is actively trying to kill people on British soil, a top spy has said. The
Rom Braslavski, freed this week after two years in captivity under the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was systematically tortured, kept in shackles, and repeatedly pressed to renounce his Jewish faith and convert to Islam in exchange for food, his mother told Hebrew media Wednesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a press conference with Arab media on Monday in the context of President Donald Trump’s successful mediating to end the war in Gaza, downplaying the significance of that monumental diplomatic event.
Iranian regime newspaper Islamic Republic described the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, as “a mistake that cost Iran dearly.”
President Donald Trump told reporters that he believes “Iran will come along” in the face of lofty sanctions and the destruction of nuclear facilities, and that the country wants to cut a deal.
Iranian state propaganda site PressTV repeated a claim by the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, which Iran funds, that the jihadists “made all efforts” to protect the dozens of hostages it took during the gruesome invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.
President Donald Trump said that decades of jihadism and terrorism in the Middle East have “backfired” on its perpetrators and emphasized the countries that have previously “reached across ancient divides” are among the region’s most successful.
President Donald Trump declared at the Knesset on Monday morning that “the forces of chaos, terror, and ruin that have plagued the region for decades” are “totally defeated.”
Lebanon on Tuesday suspended the operating license of a Hezbollah-linked non-governmental organization (NGO) called the Rissalat Association because it projected images of slain Hezbollah leaders onto a beloved national landmark.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry declared during its regular press briefing on Monday that it “expect[s]” United Nations member countries to simply ignore the reimposition of sanctions on the rogue Islamist regime the Security Council approved in late September.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is subordinate to “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described the inevitable need to relocate the capital of his country out of Tehran during remarks on Thursday, citing an unsolvable water and overpopulation crisis.
The government of Russia confirmed on Wednesday that it would entirely disregard United Nations “snapback” sanctions on Iran reimposed this week after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ruled Iran in violation of international laws governing nuclear development.
Yemen Houthi rebels claimed responsibility early on Wednesday, underlining the range of their weaponry and their campaign targeting shipping.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen on Tuesday threatened to impose “sanctions” against 13 American oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Marathon Petroleum.
The Foreign Ministry of Iran confirmed on Tuesday that it is expecting to receive 120 Iranian nationals deported from the United States, many of them identified as illegal immigrants who crossed into America through the southern border with Mexico.
The speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, threatened foreign countries on Sunday that choose to abide by restored United Nations sanctions on the rogue state, insisting Iran will enact a “reciprocal response” to reduced economic engagement.
The United Nations Security Council adopted “snapback” sanctions on Iran on Saturday, due to the regime’s refusal to cooperate on nuclear monitoring, restoring sanctions to where they were before President Barack Obama’s deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in his address to the United Nations General Assembly Friday that “the long-suffering Iranian people will regain their freedom” and “make Iran great again,” predicting that the Middle East will look “dramatically different” in the years ahead.
Iranian state media on Friday announced the regime in Tehran has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, to build four nuclear power plants in Iran. The deal is valued at roughly $25 billion.
The head of Yemen’s legitimate but powerless government, Presidential Leadership Council leader Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, urged the United Nations to help his country fight Iranian imperialism and eliminate the jihadist Houthi threat during his address to the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Reuters reported on Thursday that Chinese drone experts have visited Russia to work on military drones for IEMZ Kupol, a weapons manufacturer owned by the Russian government that was placed under sanctions by the U.S. government in 2023.
