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Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Lebanon / Islamists / Hezbollah / Intifada

Lebanon Arrests Palestinian Arabs for Rocket Fire

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lebanon has arrested Palestinian Arabs for transporting rockets to Tyre to be launched against Israel.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Media

Netanyahu: Iran Wants 'Surrender' From West

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Netanyahu addresses foreign media, calls for Syria-like deal vis-à-vis Iran

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs / Iraq

Even Iran Fears ISIS, Adds Surveillance Along Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran apparently does fear something; Tehran is watching ISIS fighters closely on its Iraqi border.

Terrorism / Syria / US / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / Jordan / Egypt / Iraq

John ‘Chicken’ Kerry Skips Israel on New Middle East Tour

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“My friends all say I'm losing it big time…I'm going back there again/Back to the house of pain “ – Deep Purple

Iran / News Briefs

Iranian court sentences man accused of spying for Israel

By JTA

An Iranian court sentenced a man to five years in prison on charges of spying for Israel.

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah / Iraq

Iran Issues Warning About Muslim Disunity

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran -- ironically -- has issued a warning that Sunni militants are trying to create 'disunity' in the Muslim world.

Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey

Iranian President Rouhani Arrives in Turkey for Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the first time since 2008, Iran's president has arrived in Turkey on a state visit.

US / Iran / News Briefs

US and Iran to Hold Bilateral Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The US is trying to reach an agreement with Iran on its nuclear weapons program so it can drop the sanctions against them.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Report: Iranian Hackers Spied on U.S., Israeli Leaders Using Social Media

By JTA

Hackers believed to be from Iran used social media and a fake news website to spy on leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries.

Syria / Iran / News Briefs

Beheaded Iranian Officer in Syria Identified

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer, Colonel Mohammad Eskandari, was identified as the man that was beheaded in Syria last week. He was beheaded by the Al Qaida linked Al-Nusra Front Syrian opposition. Iran and Hezbollah support Assad in the battle for control over Syria, while Al-Qaida and the US support the rebels/opposition/freedom fighters. Iranian soldiers […]

Global / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Nuke Talks End With No Progress

By Jewish Press News Desk

Talks between Iran and the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany in Vienna ended on Friday with no progress.

Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UN Figures It Out: Iran Might be Lying!

By Avi Tuchmayer

The United Nations is considering the possibility that Iran just might have figured out how to avoid international sanctions in order to continue that country’s drive to develop nuclear weapons. According to a confidential new report by a U.N. panel that compliance with international sanctions, Tehran appears to be using its petrochemical industry as a […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Israeli Charged in U.S. with Selling Arms to Iran Arrested in Israel

By JTA

An Israeli man charged in the United States with selling arms to Iran was arrested at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.

Iran / News Briefs

Rouhani Needs His WhatsApp

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani must be addicted to WhatsApp, because he reportedly applied his official veto and overrode the decision to outlaw WhatsApp in Iran.

Iran / News Briefs

Massive Explosion in Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iranian Fars news agency reports a massive explosion in Qazvin city in Iran. The explosion supposedly happened in a "storage facility".

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Outlaws WhatsApp

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran has outlawed WhatsApp, reportedly because it is now owned by that wily, Jewish, Zionist Mark Zuckerberg.

Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

Netanyahu Connects Hitler with Nuclear Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is one thing “never to forget,” and it is another to remember not to let it happen again.

Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Reportedly Faces Financial Crisis

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A report in the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, citing sources in Lebanon, said Hezbollah is facing increasing financial pressure over austerity measures by the Iranian government since President Hassan Rouhani took office last summer, as well as strain over the terror group’s involvement in the Syrian civil war. Additionally, the report said Hezbollah is facing financial […]

Terrorism / US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / United Nations (UN)

Senate Unanimously Passes Ban on Terrorist UN Diplomats

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Iran named a terrorist as ambassador to the UN, the Senate passed a bill banning his entry.

Terrorism / NY / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / United Nations (UN)

Bill Introduced to Block U.S. Visas for Terrorists

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Unless this becomes law, a terrorist who aided in the U.S. hostage taking in Iran will get a U.S. visa

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

CAIR Attacks 'Honor Diaries' Film as Anti-Muslim

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Women become victims of honor violence if their behavior is seen to cause shame or violate norms.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Israeli Filmmaker Amos Gitai Making Movie about AMIA Bombing

By JTA

Award-winning Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai is preparing a film about the AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires. The Brazilian production company Prana Films will produce the movie based on the 1994 bombing attack on the center that left 85 dead and hundreds wounded. One venue will be the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este, […]

Jewish / Iran / News Briefs / Obituaries

Iran's Chief Rabbi Passed Away Over Shabbat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran's Chief Rabbi, Chacham Rabbi Yosef Hamadani Cohen died over Shabbat.

Terrorism / Syria / Government / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Hezbollah / Settlements

Israel Opens Gates for Turkish Hospital on Ruins of Gush Katif Town

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There are three words that explain Israel’s rejuvenated ties with Turkey: Iran, Syria and money.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Sen. Carl Levin Garners 23 Dems for Softer-Toned Iran Talks Letter

By JTA

How do those “pro-Israel” and presumably pro-American Congressmen think that Iranian uranium is good for peace?

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs

Canadian Court Orders Seizure of Iranian Assets for Terror Victims

By JTA

An Ontario court has ordered the seizure of more than $7 million in assets belonging to Iran to compensate American victims of terror. The historic ruling last week brought to an end several lawsuits filed in Canada by terror victims from the United States seeking damages from Iran for training, arming and financing the Hamas […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Mossad Discloses 8 Jews Were Killed Trying to Flee Iran in 1990s

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Mossad has learned that eight of 11 Iranian Jews who tried to immigrate to flee the Islamic regime and move to Israel in the 1990s were murdered, the Office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated Thursday. The families of the missing Iranians have been informed following an investigation into their cases that was ordered […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Obama and Peres Polish Up their Persian for Iran’s New Year

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How do you say “annihilate Israel with a nuclear bomb” in Persian?

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

President Peres Wishes Iranians a Happy Nowruz

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

President Peres began with the traditional greeting in Persian and said, "Iraniane Gerami, Novruzetan Piruz Bad".

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Ya’alon Calls the Obama Administration a Weakling

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon is sounding more like Foreign Minister Lieberman every day.

Israel / Jewish / Iran / News Briefs

Josh Fattal Says Iranian Captors Knew He Was Jewish

By JTA

Josh Fattal, an American hiker freed by Iran in September 2011 after two years in captivity, said the Iranians knew he was Jewish even though it was never explicitly stated. “I was so scared in those first months about being a Jew with an Israeli father, but at a certain point I embraced it,” Fattal […]

Israel / Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs

This Purim, Jewish Think Tank Warning America About Iran

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

This Purim, EMET has released a video which strips away the mask and reveals to everyone the true face of Hassan Rouhani.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Egypt

Ceasefire Reported in Gaza-Israel ‘Chicken War’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Another ceasefire leaves Islamic Jihad with lots of good PR and Israel with a finger on the trigger.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

US Juggling Act: ‘Diplomacy with Iran and Censure of Weapons Ship’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The White House finally has come out with a statement condemning the ship carrying Iranian missiles destined for Gaza, but only after it took a couple of days to figure out how  to  censure the smuggling attempt without hinting that perhaps Iran cannot be trusted in talks on its nuclear development. “It is important to […]

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Calls Rouhani ‘Nothing More than a PR Man’

By Jewish Press Staff

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is nothing more than a PR man [and] the real ruler of Iran is the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is aptly called the Supreme Leader,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a news conference in Eilat on Monday. The IDF invited media to see the weapons on a cargo ship that […]

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Photo Essay: The Iranian Weapons Unloaded

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF releases photos of the weapons captured from the Iranian smuggling ship, Klos-C

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Syrian Rebels Decimating Hezbollah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels have killed approximately 500 Hezbollah soldiers, including at least 15 in the past 10 days, according to sources quoted by the Beirut Daily Star. Social media and websites have depicted photos of the dead Hezbollah members, complete with praise for their “martyrdom” for carrying out their “jihadist duty.” Videos have been posted that […]

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Accuses Israel of Faking Ship Raid

By JTA

Iran accused Israel of faking a raid on a ship laden with arms bound for the Gaza Strip. “An Iranian ship carrying arms for Gaza. Captured just in time for annual [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] anti-Iran campaign,” Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, said Thursday on his official Twitter account. “Amazing Coincidence! Or same […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs

Behind the Scenes Video: IDF Mission to Stop Iranian Terror Ship

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

IDF Intelligence Chief: Iran’s Weapons Smuggling Violates International Law

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Iran / News Briefs

Carney: US to Continue Iran Talks Despite Ship Seizure

By JTA

Despite Iran’s terror sponsorship, “it’s entirely appropriate" to continue the talks.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists

US Claims It Assisted Israel in Iran Weapons Shipment

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

It was a surprise to hear government spokespeople claim the U.S.was deeply involved in the operation to thwart Iran's weapons smuggling.

Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Kerry, after Schumer Criticism, Seeks to Allay Skepticism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

On Monday, Kerry told AIPAC, “I will continue to staunchly, loudly and unapologetically oppose boycotts of Israel.”

IDF & Security / US / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Netanyahu to Obama: Israel Cannot Allow Nuclear Iran

By JTA

Obama refrained from pushing back, pledging instead to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Did Congress Intentionally Remove Iran Military Option?

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Did Congress intentionally remove from the table the military option against Iran?

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

At AIPAC, Treasury Secretary Touts Effectiveness of Iran Sanctions

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew on Sunday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference reiterated the Obama administration’s opposition to new Iran sanctions during the interim nuclear deal, and said the temporary relief that the six-month interim agreement gives Iran has not undone the impact of existing sanctions. New sanctions could derail […]

US / Government / Iran / News Briefs

Israel Halted Iranian Assassination Campaign at US Urging

By JTA

The Obama administration pressured Israel to stop assassinating Iran’s top nuclear scientists, according to a CBS News report. Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency ran an assassination campaign for several years, during which time at least five Iranian scientists were killed, most by bombs planted on their cars, national correspondent Dan Raviv reported Saturday on the CBS […]

Iran / News Briefs / Holocaust

Iran Lawmakers Summon Foreign Minister over Holocaust Condemnation

By JTA

The foreign minister of Iran was summoned to a closed session of the country’s parliament to clarify public comments he made condemning the Holocaust. Some 54 hard-line lawmakers signed the petition summoning Mohammad Javad Zarif to the session, Reuters reported, citing the official Iranian news agency IRNA. The Holocaust was “tragically cruel and should not […]

Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs

AIPAC to Congress: Iran Must Dismantle Nuclear Program

By JTA

Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman said “The objective here is to ensure that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon."

US / Iran / News Briefs

LA City Council Approves Local Iran Sanctions

By JTA

The Los Angeles City Council approved a law that bars people investing in Iran’s energy sector from bidding on or holding contracts with the state of California or its local governments. Friday’s 13-0 vote makes Los Angeles the first city in California to be in full compliance with the Iran Contracting Act of 2010, according […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Germany

Gag Order Lifted: Two Israelis Arrested for Smuggling Arms to Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How did smugglers of arms to Iran escaped the law for 10 years. How could Israeli Jews even think of helping the enemy?

Jewish / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

AIPAC Lobbying to Address Iran, Peace Process

By JTA

The agenda for thousands of American Israel Public Affairs Committee activists who will meet with lawmakers next month includes Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israeli-Palestinian talks. “From March 2-4, more than ten thousand AIPAC activists will be in Washington for our annual policy conference,” according to an email the group sent this week to lawmakers. The […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Visits Golan Heights and Says It ‘Divides Good from Bad’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Golan Heights “divides the good from the bad,” meaning Iran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday during a visit to the region along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. "On the day when talks between the major powers and Iran are being opened in Vienna, it is […]

Terrorism / US / Iran / News Briefs

Cantor Compares Obama Iran Policy to Pre-WW2 Isolationism

By JTA

Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, cited the lateness of American actions against the Nazis in critiquing President Obama’s foreign policy. In a speech Monday to the Virginia Military Institute, Cantor (R-Va.), who is Jewish, described leading a congressional delegation recently to Auschwitz to mark the 69th anniversary of the Nazi death camp’s liberation. […]

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Greece Intercepts Arms Shipments to Iran, Sent by an Israeli

By JTA

Greek authorities have intercepted arms shipments apparently sent by an unnamed Israeli and intended for Iran, in violation of international sanctions, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported. Greek officials, working together with the American Homeland Security Investigations agency, uncovered two shipments of spare parts for F4 Phantom jets in December 2012 and again in April 2013, […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

White House Says Netanyahu’s Visit Shows ‘Deep Bonds’ with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The White House on Wednesday confirmed that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet on March 3 and added that the Prime Minister’s visit “is a demonstration of the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel, and our close consultations on a range of security issues.” That was White […]

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Reaches Accords on its Nuclear Program with UN Agency

By JTA

Iran reportedly will allow the United Nations to investigate possible military uses for the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The agreement reported by news services on Sunday was among seven accords made by Iran during meetings with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The talks began Saturday. Iran reportedly also agreed to […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs

New PA Foreign Policy: Renew Iranian Ties to Threaten Israel

By Shalom Bear

The PA has renewed ties with Iran and is threatening to bring back suicide bombers. Does this concern anyone?

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

Obama to Make Diplomatic Rescue Visit to Saudi Arabia

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama will fly to Saudi Arabia next month in an effort to repair a deteriorating relationship following his failure to significantly improve ties in his 2011 trip to Riyadh and in the wake of differences over relations with Egypt, Iran and Syria. Obama will visit the Vatican on the same junket, as well […]

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Iraq

Report: Al Qaeda Breaking Ties with a Branch in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda terrorist network reportedly is breaking ties with the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS) Syria that has been balking at orders from Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. The terrorist group also is known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An unconfirmed website message from Al Qaeda […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Rare Look into IDF Simulated Takeover of Hezbollah Post (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

No one wants a third war in Lebanon, but everyone expects it. Next time, the IDF wants no surprises.

Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Fatah Official Visits Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jibril Rajoub, a senior leader in the Fatah party headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, visited Iran Tuesday, the first time a PA official has traveled to the Islamic Republic in several years. He told Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Fatah “will not stop the resistance until the establishment of an […]

Iran / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan Says Iran is ‘Turkey’s ‘Second Home’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran, which he called “our second home. The ayatollah in return “described the current brotherly and friendly relations between the two countries as unparalleled in recent centuries,” Iran’s official Press TV reported. Erdogan apparently has made another about face in his roller coaster policies […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

IDF Says 170,000 Enemy Missiles Pointed at Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The head of IDF Intelligence said on Wednesday that enemy countries have 170,000 missiles ready to be fired on Israel, a threat that is worse than the Iranian nuclear program. The numbers have been known before the sum total was announced by Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi. It has been reported dozens of times […]

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Deal with Iran Left It 6 Weeks Away from the Bomb

By Jewish Press News Desk

The interim deal between the major world powers and Iran left the Islamic Republic “six weeks from a nuclear weapon,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv Tuesday night. He has previously said that the goal of should not just be to stop Iran from […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Iran / News Briefs

Neturei Karta Spy for Iran Sentenced to Four Years in Jail

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Neturei Karta is shooting itself in the head with its anti-Zionist antics, and that might be all for the best.

US / Iran / News Briefs

Treasury’s Cohen to Turkey, UAE to Talk Iran Sanctions

By JTA

Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen, the top Obama administration official monitoring Iran sanctions compliance, will visit Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The Treasury Department announcement Monday casts this week’s visit in the context of making sure nations still comply with the main sanctions even as a number of sanctions have been removed while talks, known […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu: Agreement with Devious Iran Cannot Succeed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Any permanent agreement with Iran “cannot succeed if its President Hassan Rouhani acts according to its words, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday in his report on conversations at last week’s World Economic Forum at Davos. “Rouhani said that Iran was against international involvement in Syria, but Iran is the country […]

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Peres: Listen to What Rouhani Did not Say

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres found himself in rare agreement with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at Davos Thursday in denouncing the speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the 2014 World Economic Forum. After the Prime Minister warned everyone not be deceived by Rouhani’s smiles, Peres said at a press conference, “The most significant remarks were the […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Rouhani Master of Deception

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed "Rouhani is continuing with the Iranian show of deception,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday after the Iranian president’s speech to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos. Rouhani said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to engage in constructive cooperation for promoting global energy security, drawing on its vast oil and gas […]

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Media

White House Misstated Iran's Position: 'We Won't Dismantle Anything'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Iran's foreign minister is claiming that the White House misrepresented a major issue in the agreement between the P5+1 and Iran.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Civil War Spreads along Israel’s Northern Borders as Bombs Kill 12

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hezbollah is on the course of self-destruction but is bringing Lebanon down with it.

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

United Nations Disinvites Iran from Syria Peace Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran proves once again it cannot be trusted, but is anyone listening?

Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

US Backs Syrian Rebels' Ultimatum to UN to Keep Iran Out of Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States has backed an ultimatum by Syrian opposition forces to rescind an invitation to Iran to joint the Geneva II peace talks scheduled for Wednesday unless Tehran publicly accepts that the conference will establish a political process to end the rule of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad. The peace talks appeared to be over before […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Hezbollah

White House Condemns Iran for Honoring Hezbollah Terrorist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Obama administration thinks better of Palestinian Authority terrorists than it does of those in Hezbollah.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / Iran / News Briefs

RJC: Feinstein's Comments on Israel Outrageous and Baseless

By Jewish Press News Desk

She claims bipartisan Iran sanctions bill allows Israel "to determine when and where U.S. goes to war."

Terrorism / US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Dem Whip: WH Aide 'Out of Line' Calling Congress 'Warmongers'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Democratic congressional leader: White House aide irresponsible for calling sanctions advocates warmongers.

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Al Qaeda-Linked Terrorist Group Threatens Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorist group linked with Al Qaeda and whose leader was arrested and later died in Lebanon has threatened  to attack Iran. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades accused Hezbollah of killing its leader Majid al-Majid after Lebanese authorities arrested him and then claimed he died in a hospital from a chronic illness. The Brigades, comprised of […]

Terrorism / US / Politics / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Interim Agreement to Start Two Months After Announcement

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

While the "Interim Agreement" is set to go into effect on Jan. 2o, the U.S. senate is poised to pass a sanctions bill which would be triggered only if Iran defaults on its commitments.

Israel / US / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Report: Iran Balks over Centrifuges

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran is holding up progress for implementing the interim deal agreed to by world powers in November because of the issue of centrifuges that can be used to purify uranium to level that would make it suitable to make a nuclear weapon. "This issue (centrifuges) was among the main factors in stopping the previous technical […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Wasserman Schultz Turning Her Back on Israel over Iran Sanctions

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Pro-Israel” Debbie Wasserman Schultz reportedly has turned her back on Israel and many Florida Jews by blocking the bi-partisan proposal to hit Iran with more sanctions.

Iran / News Briefs

Khamenei: Islam Forbids Male-Female Chat Messages

By Jewish Press News Desk

Islam forbids men and women chatting with each other on social networks, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, the Egyptian daily Al Ahram reported. He issued a “Fatwa” religious decree that explained chatting between the sexes is immoral. The Islamic Republic has placed severe restrictions on use of the Internet and social networks, and it tried […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Texas Congressman Says Obama Must Apologize to Israel on Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama should apologize to Israel for putting “Israel in a position of having to defend both of us” from Iran, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News. Israel strongly opposed the Obama administration’s recent relaxation of sanctions against Tehran, which continues to develop its nuclear […]

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Despite Veto Threat and Heavy Pressure, Schumer Supports Sanctions Bill

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The White House has threatened to veto the new "Nuclear Weapon Free Iran" bill even though new sanctions wouldn't be triggered until the expiration of the interim agreement or if Iran breaches that agreement

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Senators Introduce Sanctions Bill to Break Iran Deal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The 26 senators basically made a stand against President Obama.

Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs

Witness Says He Saw Iran Arrest Robert Levinson

By Jewish Press News Desk

An American fugitive living in Iran told the Christian Science Monitor that  he saw six Iranian policemen “detain” Robert Levinson  in 2007.  The account by African-American Dawud Salahuddin contradicts years of denials by Iran that it was not involved with is disappearance. The U.S. government also has consistently claimed that Levinson traveled to an Iranian […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / European Union

Iran Says Its Foreign Minister Scolded Kerry

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in separate phone calls, allegedly scolded U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for what he said was an American breach of the recent interim agreement between major world powers and Iran over its nuclear development program. “Zarif deplored Washington's recent move,” according to the regime-controlled Fars News Agency. “The […]

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Claims It Has Sent Another Monkey into Space

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran has announced is sent in a monkey into space again, assuming it really did so last year when two official batch of pictures showed different monkeys. Iran’s official TV channel announced that the country’s first liquid fuel rocket carried the monkey 80 miles into space and then brought it back to Earth after the […]

Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Insists It Has ‘No Traces’ of Robert Levinson

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran knows nothing about the whereabouts of Robert Levinson, the former Jewish FBI agent who was last seen on an Iranian island in 2007. The American government said at the time he was on a private trip, but it has since been revealed he was working for the CIA. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Norman Podhoretz Urges Israel to Bomb Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Conservative commentator Norman Podhoretz wrote in The Wall Street Journal late last week that Israel should attack Iran now to prevent it from gaining access to a nuclear weapon. Israel can "put at least a temporary halt, and conceivably even a permanent one, to the relentless Iranian quest for the bomb” he wrote. "The Obama […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / European Union

EU Wants to Pay Israel and the Palestinian Authority to Sign Deal

By Jewish Press News Desk

A European Union official said that its Political and Security Committee has approved a policy to offer Israel and the Palestinian Authority an aid package that could be worth billions of dollars if they sign an agreement, Haaretz reported. The official, who insisted on anonymity, said the European Union will announce the policy on Monday […]

US / Politics / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Russian Minister Threatens to Nuke US

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The arms race is back on and out in the open, with Russia flexing its rhetorical strength and stretching its protective reach towards Iran.

US / Iran / News Briefs

Jack Lew Tells Joint ‘US Will Move Against Iran Sanctions Busters’

By JTA

The United States is prepared to move against violators of its sanctions against Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. “Our enforcement of the sanctions regime will be as unflinching as ever, so any CEO, general counsel or businessperson who thinks now might be a time to test our […]

Iran / News Briefs / Russia

Iran Begins Fueling of Bushehr Nuclear Plant

By Jewish Press Staff

It is the first civilian nuclear power plant built in the Middle East.

Government / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Dismisses Israeli President’s Offer to Meet Rouhani

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran dismissed on Tuesday Israeli President Shimon Peres' offer to fly over and meet meet his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, RT reported. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Marzieh Afkham, said the offer amounted to a desperate attempt on the part of Israel to alleviate its global isolation, after the nuclear deal that was reached in […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Kerry Plays ‘Blame Game’ to Urge Congress to Go Soft on Sanctions

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Congress on Tuesday that new sanctions against Iran would be “gratuitous” and could harm any agreement with Iran as well as relations with world powers in the P5+1 group. Speaking to the House Foreign Affairs Committee before leaving for another trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority and […]

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