Posts Tagged: Israel Iran
IDF Says Israel ‘Speeding Up’ Operational Plans Against Iran’s Nuclear Program
As Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in Washington, DC ahead of his Thursday meeting with US President Joe Biden, the Israel Defense Forces revealed...
Israel’s Bennett to Present Iran Plan in First White House Visit
New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett plans to push for a new Iran strategy during his first White House visit, saying he will urge US...
Bennett Seeks Common US-Israel Strategy on Iran if Nuclear Negotiations Fail: Report
i24 News – During his meeting this week with CIA chief William Burns, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Jerusalem and Washington should work out...
Israel Blames Iran for Attack on Tanker Off Oman That Killed Two
A Briton and a Romanian were killed when an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker came under attack on Thursday off the coast of Oman, the company...
Iran Says it Detains Agents Working for Israel, Seizes Arms Cache
Iran said on Tuesday its security forces had arrested a network of agents working for Israel and had seized a cache of weapons it said...
IAEA Inspection on Iran Reports Mostly Bad News
On June 9, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a series of reports by the Secretary General dated April and May 2021 on Iran’s...
With the Election of Iran’s Raisi, the JCPOA Is in Hot Water
In less than a month, hard-line conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi will succeed Hassan Rouhani as President of Iran, after sailing to victory in a highly...
Iran’s Presidential Elections Have Nothing to Do with Democracy
On June 18, 2021, the Islamic Republic of Iran will hold its 13th presidential elections. Some view Iranian elections as consistent with a democratic process based...
No, Israel Isn’t ‘Pulling the United States Toward Conflict’ With Iran
Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine, three former US diplomats warn that “Israel and Iran Are Pulling the United States Toward Conflict.” In an April 26, 2021, article,...
The Attack on Natanz and the JCPOA
On April 11, 2021, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced that its Natanz nuclear facility had had an accident that caused a blackout. A...
Iran’s ‘Look to the East’ — and Dark Ties with China and Russia — Precludes Any Deal with the West
In late March, news of the conclusion of a 25-year Iran-China strategic agreement shook the world and caused a sensation inside Iran. The Islamic Republic...
The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. These countries are home to the majority of the...
An American Turncoat and Iranian Espionage
On February 8, 2019, former US intelligence specialist Monica Witt was charged with betraying her oath to protect and defend the US by conducting espionage...
US Intelligence, Joe Biden, and the Dilemma of Iran
The year 2020 was chaotic and bizarre -- yet by its end, a new era of peace had dawned between Israel and four Arab states....
