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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Entezari was reportedly poisoned during a dinner meeting he was invited to.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Iranian state TV says 100 drones are housed at the base, including some that can fire their own missiles.
Reports indicate a drone attack against an Iranian military base.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel is outraged by the American leak to the New York Times that said Israel is responsible for the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) officer Hassan Sayyad Khodayari in Tehran.
The sanctioned individuals and companies are said to be generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and Hezbollah.
Syrians claim surface-to-surface missiles were launched at Syrian targets from the Golan Heights.
The Iranians coopted the identities of real people to lure Israeli academics and businessmen abroad for their nefarious purposes.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the twelfth IAF strike in Syria since the beginning of 2022, according to the SOHR’s count.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The IDF has remained silent on the reports, as it usually does.
The motion states that Congress would support the JCPOA only if it includes provisions to address Iran’s ballistic-missile program; support for terrorism; and evasion of sanctions by individuals, entities and vessels in the trade of petroleum products with China.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An Iran-based procurement agent, and his network of companies procured ballistic missile propellant-related materials for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC RSSJO)
The Saudis attacked Houthi-controlled areas in response to the attacks.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Major General Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the IRGC, cautioned Israel on Wednesday to “abandon its mischievous actions.”
By Israel Hayom
The special security force will be tasked with protecting sensitive installations and high-profile individuals from attack.
The drones were shot down over Iraq by the US.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It requires the U.S. Department of Defense to consult with Israel on its capability to deter threats from Iran and provide a report to Congress.
"The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans. We refuse to believe that the United States would remove its designation as a terrorist organization."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“There will be no connection between developments in Ukraine and the Vienna talks,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Institute for Science and International Security said the Islamic Republic has enough uranium to use as feed for two nuclear weapons.
By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom
The shah’s government facilitated the purchase of the land in 1971 to mark 2,500 years to Cyrus the Great’s edict allowing Babylonians to worship the god of their choice.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The video concludes with a simulation of UAVs and missiles being launched from the underground base and hitting a target in the desert.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's warning to Iran was likely a response to plans by members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“The ancient capital city of the Azerbaijanis is not Baku, it is Tabriz, which is occupied by Iran."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Venezuela is developing Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) which can hit targets in the US, Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned, pointing to the spreading threat of Iran’s global terror network.
An in-depth analysis by the Israeli Alma Research and Education Center shows Hezbollah’s weapons cache is less threatening than the terror organization claims.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel is “organizing and preparing for the day after, in all dimensions..."
Failed negotiations will convince European allies of Iranian noncompliance, leading to sanctions.
Gantz stressed the value of Israel’s recent repositioning to United States Central Command.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Inspections at the TESA Karaj complex were disrupted, following what Iran claimed was an Israeli attack on the site in June; Inspectors were allowed to reinstall cameras there only last month.
“Moses Staff’s goals seem aligned with Iran’s cyber warfare doctrine, seeking to sabotage government, military, and civilian organizations related to its geo-political opponents."
For now, the UAE continues to support social enterprises in Gaza -- but this could change.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The potential size of the underground complex raises questions about what capabilities this new tunnel complex will provide in addition to a new advanced centrifuge assembly plant.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Alma research center: The new site “serves as a fortified compound.”
The Iranians approached the Israelis, mostly females of Persian ancestry, through Facebook, usually by pretending to be an Iranian Jew named “Rambod Namdar.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Unknown assailants in Iran burned the statue to the slain Iranian general.
By Israel Hayom
The target audience for the Hebrew site was Hebrew speakers worldwide, including in the “occupied territories,” apparently referring to the entire state of Israel.
“Those who do not act now should not be surprised when an Iranian-made UAV crashes into their skyscrapers.”
By UN Watch
In an April 2021 secret ballot, the UN’s Economic and Social Council elected Iran's gender apartheid regime to a 4-year term on its Commission on the Status of Women.
Iran released a video showing ballistic missiles and suicide drone being launched against Israel's Dimona nuclear facility as part of their annual military drill.
“Without a U.S. credible military threat, no diplomacy will achieve a positive outcome and nothing you do will achieve a positive outcome,” said former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer. “And unfortunately, I don't see that happening right now.”
Defense Minister Gantz says Iran’s UAV arsenal is “one of the most significant tools” developed by Tehran.
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
"It’s important that we sit together and develop a common strategy, a common outlook."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The action may be intended as leverage to further pressure the West in the negotiations,” said its author, Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy says Iran has “doubled down on the strategic importance of missile systems that can threaten U.S. forces and allies.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We are losing precious time dealing with new Iranian positions inconsistent with the JCPOA or that go beyond it,” say European representatives.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel “has taken over an important part of the Islamic world,” stated Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This dramatic statement, which was carried by the entire Israeli media over the weekend.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deputy head of Iran’s Airlines Association reported that the number of inactive planes in Iran has risen to more than 170 “as a result of spare parts, particularly motors.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“A certain majority of the public as a whole sees Iran as constituting a great existential danger to Israel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The fuel products were sold for more than $26 million; some of the funds may go to the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.
"A bad deal with the Iranians will have implications for our national security."
There's speculation the Iranians were trying to hit a drone over the facility.
Barnea: “Not in the coming years, never, it’s my commitment, it’s the Mossad’s commitment.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“We will work day and night to prevent the Iranian regime from ever becoming a nuclear power,” the UK’s Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid vowed.
By Israel Hayom
The hackers may have gained access to data on international oil sales, a state secret that could expose how Iran evades international sanctions, Iranian officials tell “The New York Times.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Iranians are “very close” to nuclear breakout, says OC Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie • IAEA head says “no progress” was made on his trip to Tehran.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Gantz also exposed the bases of Shabhar and Qeshm, in southern Iran, from which the Iranian military launches UAV attacks at maritime targets.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The company confirmed that there was an attack, but claims it was “contained.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Islamic Republic has amassed an estimated 17.7 kilograms (39 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60 percent, according to the findings.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
For Iran, control of the Albukamal border crossing with Iraq and control of Damascus airport and its environs are necessary to create a land bridge between Iran and Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Reports say Syrian President Bashar Assad demanded the exit of Quds Force commander Jawad Ghafari over breaches of sovereignty.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A report said the drones and explosive warheads used in the attack were manufactured in Iran.
By Aryeh Savir & Baruch Yedid / Tazpit News Agency
Iran and Hezbollah have in recent years been working to build up a military presence in Syria, a threat that remains a red line for Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Telegram blocked the Black Shadow groups, which hacked personal information from Israeli sites hosted on CyberServe servers.
Continuing the friction is “not in the interest of Iran or Azerbaijan,” said Meir Javedanfar, a lecturer on Iranian politics at IDC Herzliya in Israel.
The reported attack’s messaging “cyber-attack 64411,” is designed to tell Iranians that their regime is not infallible, while the disruption to the gas-pump supply underscores an issue that’s led to destabilization in the past.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi warns that though there’s “no indication” Tehran is racing for a bomb, the case of North Korea “should remind us of what may happen if diplomatic efforts go wrong.”
By Israel Hayom
Two explosive devices reportedly went off as the bus was crossing a bridge. No organization has claimed responsibility.
“One great fear of the current impasse is rather than revert to pressure, the Biden administration will define ‘other options’ as settling for even less than the JCPOA in a bid to try to cap the nuclear program, which has expanded far beyond the JCPOA’s limits,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
“The No. 1 enemy of this country is the Zionist regime, whose national security doctrine includes the weakening and destruction of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Iranian political analyst Mostafa Khoshcheshm.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Iran conducted the cyberattack “to enhance their contingency plans. Gaining access to commercial satellite imagery and proprietary shipping plans and logs could help Iran compensate for its developing satellite program.”
By Aryeh Savir and Gil Lavie, Tazpit News Agency
Historically, Israel bombed the Osirak reactor in Iraq in 1981 and the Syrian nuclear program in 2007 before they went online.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Azeri Foreign Ministry said: “These are baseless accusations, and we have not been presented with any evidence to back up this claim.”
By Israel Hayom
If the U.S. is serious about rejoining the 2015 nuclear accord, “then a serious indication is needed,” says Iran’s foreign minister.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It threatens targeted sanctions on Lebanon for “obstructing and undermining the democratic political process.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ahmad Vahidi and Mohsen Rezai, both selected by recently elected President Ebrahim Raisi, received confirmation on Wednesday to serve as Iran’s new interior minister and Iran’s vice president of economic affairs.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Shapiro served as ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration from 2011 to 2017. Shapiro will split his time working from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the U.S. State Department.
“Suppose Iran flaunts U.S. conditions for the nuclear deal, and the Biden administration still insists on folding and concluding this transaction. It will further undermine its stature and credibility and damage America’s reputation with allies and foes alike,” says Ariel Cohen at the Atlantic Council think tank.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
It appears the strike was more significant that initially reported.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We don’t want to get into a challenge with anyone ... we want to help our people,” says Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah • Lebanon’s fuel crisis requires an “immediate” solution, says a U.N. representative.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Iran had used 257 g of uranium enriched up to 20% U-235 in the form of UF4 (uranium tetrafluoride) to produce 200 g of uranium metal-enriched up to 20% U-235.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The country’s economic crisis has led to long lines at gas stations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Raisi is notorious for his role in Iran’s “death committee” at the end of the 1980s, which sentenced thousands of Iranian opposition members to death.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The crew of the “Asphalt Princess” disabled the engines after the ship was boarded by Iranian gunmen, preventing it from being diverted to the Islamic Republic.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel briefed ambassadors from countries on the United Nations Security Council.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that the 2018 Mossad seizure of nuclear documents from Tehran caused the former U.S. president to withdraw from the JCPOA.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Iran attacked a ship, killing two crew members.
Their visit was arranged by the Institute for Voices of Liberty (iVOL).
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Ebrahim Raisi is also know as the "Butcher of Tehran” for his role in the execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.
A British national was one of those killed in the Iranian attack on the ship.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In recent months, several other Israeli-affiliated ships have come under apparent Iranian attacks on various maritime routes in the Middle East.
It is suspected that the attack was done by the Iranians, as part of the ongoing shadow war between Israel and the Islamic regime.
Iran claims they captured agents and weapons used in the anti-regime riots, but didn't publish any proof backing up their claim.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
At least eight people have been killed by Iranian security forces, according to reports from demonstrators.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This new crude export terminal shows the failure of Washington's sanctions on Iran,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
By Israel Hayom
The show about undercover Israeli commandos and the war on terror will be able to be viewed in Iran.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The short bill targets Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President-elect Ebrahim Raisi.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran can enrich uranium by 20 percent and 60 percent, and if one day our reactors need it, it can produce 90 percent,” said outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
This marks the first time that the courts have found Iranian banks Markazi, Melli or Saderat liable for a terror attack by a foreign terrorist organization against a U.S. national.
By Israel Hayom
Brussels Airport evacuates two departure halls, recalls Qatar Airways flight to Doha over a suspicious bag • Local authorities arrest an Iranian woman suspected of involvement in an attempt to gather intelligence on Israeli targets.
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