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IAEA Says Iran Continues to Violate 2015 Nuclear Deal

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Tehran has also been enriching uranium up to a 4.5 percent purity, higher than the 3.67 percent allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Israel / Iran / Social Media

Facebook Uncovers Iranian Operation Supporting anti-Netanyahu Protests in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The platform said a network used fake accounts to develop fictitious personas who purported to be based in Israel and Iraq.

Iran / News Briefs

IAEA: Iran has Begun Construction of Underground Nuclear Facility

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi says he doesn’t think Tehran has a “significant quantity” of uranium “to indicate amounts which could be theoretically used for the development of a nuclear weapon.”

US / Iran

US Issues New Sanctions on Sales to, Exports of Iranian Oil

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The few remaining buyers of Iranian crude oil should know that they are helping to fund Iran’s malign activity across the Middle East,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Israel / Syria / Iran / Russia

Israeli FM to Russia: We Will Not Allow Iran to Military Entrench in Syria Near Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Russia has a presence in Syria and has significant sway on the development in the country. The IDF and the Russian army maintain a line of communications through which they coordinate their actions to prevent a clash between the two militaries.

Iran

With Iranian Arms Embargo Set to Expire, will Tehran be able to Purchase Weapons Abroad?

By Jackson Richman / JNS

The expiration of the embargo comes after United States enacted U.N. snapback sanctions on the regime in August, a move that included extending it indefinitely.

US / Iran

US Blacklists Iran’s Financial Sector, Sanctions 18 Banks

By Jackson Richman / JNS

The Trump administration effectively cut off the regime from the worldwide fiscal system with an exception for humanitarian purposes.

US / The Courts / Iran

US Court Orders Iran to Pay $1.4 Billion to Family of Former Jewish FBI Agent

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This judgment is the first step in the pursuit of justice for Robert Levinson, an American patriot, who was kidnapped and subjected to unimaginable suffering for more than 13 years,” said his family.

US / Iran / China

Pompeo Threatens China, Russia with Sanctions if They Sell Arms to Iran

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Having Chinese tanks, or Chinese air-defense systems or defensive missile systems in Iran in the first instance threatens the people of Iran, in the second instance, threatens the people of the Middle East, and the next people who come under threat are the people who live in Europe,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

US / Iran / News Briefs

Report: Trump to Issue Executive Order to Punish Arms Sales to Iran

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The move comes as the U.N. arms embargo on the regime is set to be extended indefinitely.

US / Iran / Lebanon / France / Hezbollah

Pompeo to France: Hezbollah’s Weapons will Torpedo Attempts to Intervene in Lebanon

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“You can’t allow Iran to have more money, power and arms, and at the same time try to disconnect Hezbollah from the disasters it provoked in Lebanon,” says the U.S. secretary of state.

US / Iran / News Briefs

US Sanctions 11 Firms for Allegedly Shipping, Selling Iranian Petrochemicals

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six companies based in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and China for allegedly supporting Triliance’s continued involvement in the sale of Iranian petrochemical products.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / Hezbollah

Satellite Images Reveal Alleged Israeli Strike in Syria Targeted Missile Factory

By Israel Hayom

“The attack intended to weaken missile production in Syria, probably for Hezbollah, by harming its crucial elements,” says ImageSat International.

Iran

Iranian Nuclear Chief Reports Building of New Production Hall for Centrifuges

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The new hall would replace a production hall that experienced a fire in July in what Iran has alleged was sabotage.

Israel / Iran / Germany

Israel to Germany: Restore Arms Embargo on Iran

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Ashkenazi called on Germany to “join and support the joint global effort against the Iranian threat and the restoration of the arms embargo on Iran.”

Iran

‘Iran has 10 Times the Enriched Uranium Allowed by the JCPOA’

By Memri The Middle East Media Research Institute

Iran has more than three tons of uranium enriched to four percent, and at least 1,000 tons of yellowcake.

US / Iran / News Briefs / Russia / China

Pompeo Warns: US will Block Russia, China from Violating Iran Sanctions

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The warning by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came one day after the United States initiated the mechanism for the U.N. Security Council to snapback sanctions on Iran.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Government / Iran / Video of the Day

Bibi Praises US for Snapback Sanctions Against Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I opposed the deal because it was based on a fundamental lie: that somehow Iran had given up on its quest for nuclear weapons."

US / Iran / Gulf States / UAE

US Enacts Iran-Related Sanctions on UAE-Based Firms

By Jackson Richman / JNS

The sanctions come despite the historic U.S.-brokered agreement last week to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE.

US / Iran / United Nations (UN)

Trump Vows ‘Snapback’ Sanctions after Iran Arms Embargo Extension Voted Down

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We’ll be doing a snapback. You’ll be watching it next week,” says the U.S. president.

US / Iran / South America

US Confiscates Four Iranian Oil Tankers, Cargo on Way to Venezuela

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The administration hopes the seizures will deter shipping companies from dealing with Iran and Venezuela.

Syria / Iran / Photo of the Day

Where are Iran's Military Forces Located in Syria?

By Photo of the Day

Iran's military forces are spread out over 125 locations in Syria, including on the border with Israel.

US / Iran

American Jewish Groups React to Elliott Abrams as New Special Representative to Iran

By Jackson Richman / JNS

Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, said Elliott Abrams “will have little time to settle in,” citing the upcoming deadline to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran.

Iran

Another Mysterious Fire Erupts at Iran Industrial Area

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“There were no casualties ... firefighters are trying to contain the fire,” stated Iranian TV • Investigation is underway.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / Hezbollah

5 Dead, 11 Wounded in Syria Airstrikes Attributed to Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A missile depot and other weapons warehouses were also destroyed, reported Syrian media.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / Hezbollah

Israel Exposes Iran-Backed PFLP Terror Cell That Planned Massive Attacks

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

One terrorist said that he drew inspiration for planning and carrying out the attacks from the August 2019 PFLP attack on Ein Danny, in which 17-year-old Rina Shnerb was murdered and her father and brother were injured.

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Announces Execution of ‘Spy’ for CIA, Mossad

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Iranian judiciary said that the man gave the U.S. and Israel information on the movements of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, killed in January by an American drone.

Terrorism / Iran

How Iran Uses Charities and Humanitarian Organizations as Cover to Export its Revolution

By Yaakov Lappin

A new report is calling on the U.S. to designate three Iranian organizations as terror groups.

Iran

Iran’s Quds Force Commander: ‘Tough Times Await US, Zionist Regime’

By Israel Hayom

Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani warns “major events” are about to befall Israel and the U.S., hints USS Bonhomme Richard fire was Iranian retaliation.

Iran

Iran Executes Former Defense Staffer Accused of Selling Secrets to CIA

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Iran's judiciary said that Asgari sold data related to Iran’s missile program to the U.S. intelligence agency.

Iran / Germany

Report: German Intelligence Captured Iran Quds’ Force Spy

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Russia, China, Iran and Turkey are “key players in espionage and influence directed against Germany,” according to a report.

Iran

Iran Threatens to ‘React Decisively’ If Foreign Governments Involved in Natanz Facility Fire

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Iranians are in dilemma: they do not want to escalate the situation before the US election in November, but they do want to retaliate,.

Headline / Iran

#6: Huge Explosion South of Tehran kills 2

By Jewish Press News Desk

As of Tuesday morning, Iranian authorities and state media have not commented on the incident.

Headline / Iran

Iran's Nuclear Program Under Attack as 5 Incidents Have Rocked the Country

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The underground facility that was damaged in Natanz is at the heart of the debate on Iranian violations of the nuclear agreement."

Featured / Iran

Iranian Explosion Was at the Hemmat Missile Industrial Complex [Updated]

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Hemmat Missile factory is part of Iran's precision missile program, with annexes in Syria and Lebanon. for Hezbollah's missile program.

Featured / Iran

Iran Releases Video from Exploded Industrial Fuel Site Near Tehran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran's cybersecurity chief threatened Israel, if they discover that Israel was behind the explosion.

Terrorism / Iran

Report: Iran Spends as Much as $700 Million Annually to Support Terrorism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The Iranian regime and its proxies continued to plot and commit terrorist attacks on a global scale,” states the report’s foreword.

Iran

Iranian Navy Seeking to Establish Base in Gulf of Oman, Entry to Indian Ocean

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

It apparently would assist in combating pirates and foreign vessels, and could be finished by March 2021.

Iran / United Nations (UN)

Israel Calls for Action after UN Warns of Iran’s Noncompliance with Non-Proliferation Agreement

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog called on Iran to “fully cooperate” with it in implementing its Weapons Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol and “satisfy the IAEA’s requests without further delay.”

US / Iran

Trump Administration Set to Reform Voice of America Persian

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The new head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is expected to make sweeping changes at VOA, which has been plagued by allegations of corruption, mismanagement, liberal bias and other issues.

Iran

Iran Warns IAEA Not to Take Action Based on ‘Zionist Regime’ Information

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Ahead of IAEA meeting, Tehran says relations with the U.N. nuclear agency will “become difficult” if it continues to pursue “anti-Iranian claims” founded upon documents provided by Israel.

Israel / US / Iran

Iran to Execute Alleged US-Israel Spy

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The suspect, identified as Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, is accused of relaying to Israel and the U.S. information regarding slain IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani.

Syria / Iran

Report: 12 Killed in Drone Strikes on Iranian Positions in Syria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Iranian-backed militias brought in reinforcements to the position three days ago, says UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Syria / Iran

Report: Airstrike in Eastern Syria Kills Five Iran-Backed Fighters

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul Rahman, said “Israel was likely responsible.”

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Social Media

Israel Celebrates 500K Followers on its Farsi Instagram Account ایران اسرائیل را دوست دارد

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

More than 1.5 million Arabic speakers from 22 Arab countries also follow Israel in Arabic on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

IDF & Security / Iran

Bennett: Iran Beginning to Withdraw from Syria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Former Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett urges his successor Benny Gantz to keep up the pressure on Tehran, saying that the goal of pushing the country out of Syria is “in reach.”

US / Iran / China

US Sanctions Chinese Firm for Working with Iranian Airline

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Mahan Air has allegedly been operating charter flights to Venezuela for Iranian technicians and technical equipment, using materials sourced from China.

Terrorism / US / Police and Crime / Iran

US Charges Iranian Company, Executives with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Fees were charged to circumvent “American sanctions,” with the result of millions of dollars of foreign currency coming into Iran.

Headline / Iran / Coronavirus

Report: Iranian Airline Ignored COVID-19 Flight Bans, Suppressed Reports of Crew Illness

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Iran’s Mahan Air continued to operate flights to multiple Middle Eastern countries until late March despite coronavirus lockdowns, probe shows.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

Israeli Defense Officials: Iran Pulling up Stakes in Syria

By Israel Hayom

IDF sources in Tel Aviv believe that the Islamic Republic’s presence in Syria has grown too costly for the Assad regime.

Iran / Social Media

Facebook Removes 398 Accounts Linked to Iranian Disinformation Networks

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Campaigns that seek to manipulate public debate on social media originated in Iran and focused on a wide range of countries including Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, the US, UK and Zimbabwe.

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

Bipartisan US House Majority Backs Extending UN Arms Embargo on Iran

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The embargo expires on Oct. 18, along with U.N. travel restrictions on Iranians associated with arms proliferation—the latter of which the letter also calls to be extended.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / Hezbollah

Israel Attacks Hezbollah Targets in Homs and in Southern Syria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Syria stated media claimed that the explosions were the result of a “human error” caused by troops moving ammunition.

Iran / News Briefs / South America

Report: Venezuela Apparently Giving Gold Bars to Iran for Oil

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Tehran and Caracas have been working together in attempting to evade U.S. sanctions against both countries.

Iran / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Israeli-Arab Indicted for Spying for Iran

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The spy met with his handlers in Denmark, Paris and Budapest.

Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Coronavirus

‘Sadly Unsurprisingly Anti-Semitic’: Israel Slams Iran for its State-Sponsored Anti-Semitic Coronavirus Cartoon Contest

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Iranian regime has a long history of promoting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial and has hosted several international cartoon contests promoting these themes.

Terrorism / Iran / Coronavirus

IDF: Iran Scaling Back Terror Operations Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

By Benjamin Brown / TPS

Iran's official Coronavirus death toll is over 725, with some 14,000 people having tested positive. Unofficially...

US / UK / Iran / Iraq

Two Americans, One British Soldier Dead in Rocket Attack in Iraq

By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal

Missile barrage on military base north of Baghdad wounds 12, Iranian proxy group believed to be responsible.

Iran / Lebanon / Hezbollah / Coronavirus

Report: Hassan Nasrallah Infected with Coronavirus

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Hezbollah terror chief reportedly met with a high-level Iranian delegation.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Iran

Israel Seizes $4 M. of Terror Funding En Route from Iran to Hamas

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Iran has spent nearly one billion dollars a year to support terrorist groups that serve as its proxies and expand its malign influence across the globe.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / Hezbollah

IDF Announces Special Branch to Deal with 'Emerging Iranian Threat'

By Benjamin Brown / TPS

IDF Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman said the new branch will “concentrate on the design and planning of the campaign against Iran.”

US / Iran / News Briefs

Pompeo Criticizes Democrats for Meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

If the Democratic senators had the meeting, said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “I hope they were reinforcing America’s foreign policy, not their own.”

Iran / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Leader Calls Deal of the Century a 'Zionist Plot,' Warns Clash with US 'Inevitable'

By Benjamin Brown / TPS

The terror chief was speaking at an event honoring Hezbollah “martyrs” as well as Iranian allies killed by Israel and the United States.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

Defense Minister Bennett: We Won’t Stop Until Iran has Been Driven from Syria

By Ariel Kahana

Israel is now targeting not only Iran’s proxy forces but also the regime itself, via “economic, diplomatic and intelligence measures, as well as with military means,” says Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Pokes Fun at Iran’s Failed Satellite Launch

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

For good measure, Netanyahu threw in, "they also fail to deliver weapons to Syria and Lebanon because we operate there all the time."

Headline / Iran / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Iran Seizes Control of Lebanon's Government via Hezbollah

By Israel Kasnett

“I don’t see any reason why residents of Beirut can go on sipping coffee in coffee shops while we are being bombarded by rockets.”

US / Iran / Media

Report: Online Site that Pays Americans to Write Articles Originates in Iran

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Google took down Gmail and Google ad accounts tied to “American Herald Tribune” • Twitter removed the site’s account.

US / Iran / News Briefs

Report: Iranian MP Puts $3 Million Bounty on Trump’s Head

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Hamzeh says nuclear weapons would protect Iran from threats, calls production of long-range missiles “our natural right.”

US / Iran / Iraq

Pentagon: 11 US Troops Injured in Iran Missile Attacks on Iraqi Air Bases

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"As previously stated, while no US service members were killed . . . several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast."

Terrorism / US / Iran

Two Iranians Sentenced for Spying on the United States

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This case illustrates Iran’s targeting of Americans in the United States in order to silence those who oppose the Iranian regime or otherwise further its goals,” said U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers.

Iran

Iran Blocking Internet at Universities Where Students are Protesting

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Iranian regime has been blocking the internet to limit and suppress the protests against the regime.

Iran

Iranians Protest ‘Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, Our Hearts for Iran Alone’

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Iranians took to the street on Saturday night and protested the country’s downing of Ukraine’s flight 752 early Wednesday which killed all passengers and crew, and called for the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Headline / Government / Iran

Netanyahu Warns 'Whoever Attacks Israel Will Receive Crushing Blow'

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

"Whoever tries to attack us will receive a crushing blow in return. We stand steadfast against those who seek our lives."

Headline / Hamas / Iran

Hamas Leadership Attends Soleimani's Funeral in Tehran, Largest in Iran's History

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

A source said Haniyeh sent a back channel message to Israel that Hamas does not seek an escalation and will not attack Israel as part of the Iranian revenge.

IDF & Security / Iran

Israel on High Alert After Top Iranian General Soleimani Eliminated by the US

By Arye Green / TPS

Netanyahu ordered all ministers in the Israeli government not to say anything about the American strike.

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

IDF Orders Hermon Mountain Closed

By Jewish Press News Desk

The popular winter tourist site was closed today following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Launches New Stage at Heavy Water Reactor

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Although the move doesn’t violate the 2015 nuclear deal, it is one step closer towards the regime’s goal of acquiring a nuclear bomb.

US / Politics / Iran

Group of 17 Congress Members Call to Reduce US Sanctions on Iran

By Noa Amouyal

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, the lawmakers, led by Reps. Ilhan Omar, Raúl M. Grijalva and Barbara Lee, urge the administration to “conduct a sweeping review” of the sanctions campaign.

Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Iraq

Israeli Satellite Images Show Suspected Iranian Tunnel near Syria-Iraq Border

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

According to Israeli firm ImageSat International, the tunnel could serve as secure storage for advanced weapons or other sensitive material.

US / Iran

US Sanctions Iranian Shipping and Aviation Industries Connected to IRGC

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The network was allegedly smuggling lethal aid from Iran to Yemen on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s Quds Force.

Israel / Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs

House Passes Measure Giving $500 Million in Aid to Israel; Sanctions Iran and Assad

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.

Iran / United Nations (UN) / International Conflicts

UK, France, Germany Affirm Iran has Developed Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missiles

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The liquid-fueled Shahab-3 can reportedly deliver a nuclear weapon and has been referred to by Iranian officials as one of the country’s “Israel-hitting” missiles.

Iran

New IAEA Head Wants Answers from Iran

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We have so far not received an entirely satisfactory reply” from Iran regarding uranium traces found at an undeclared site, says IAEA head Rafael Grossi.

Iran

IRGC General: Iran Can Launch More Than 20,000 Missiles a Day

By Memri The Middle East Media Research Institute

“Iran has prepared itself ... 21 U.S. bases are in our sights. If Israel dared to make any mistake, we would raze Haifa and Tel Aviv to the ground.”

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu, Trump Discuss ‘Threat from Iran’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The White House said the two leaders discussed “the threat from Iran, as well as other critical bilateral and regional issues."

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

Iron Dome Intercepts 4 Rockets from Syria Aimed at Israel's Golan Heights

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following the attack, there are no special alerts for Golan Heights residents this morning.

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu: ‘For the Future of the Middle East and the World’ Israel Will Not Allow Iran to Acquire a Nuclear Bomb

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Iran announced that the country will start production of 5% enriched uranium at the Fordo plant on Wednesday.

Iran / Social Media

Facebook Removes Dozens of Iranian Disinformation Accounts

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

These Pages and Groups were shut down based on their behavior, not the content they posted. In each of these cases, the people behind this activity coordinated with one another and used fake accounts to misrepresent themselves, and that was the basis for Facebook’s action.

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