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Iran

Watch: Iran Targets 'F-35 Stealth Fighter' in Massive IRGC Navy Exercise

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some of the weapons included suicide speedboats, a "stealth drone" and smart torpedoes launched from high-speed vessels.

Abu Ali Express

The Iran-China Honeymoon is Over

By Abu Ali Express

The Chinese raised a sore point for the Iranians at the summit in Saudi Arabia.

Jewish / Video of the Day / Diaspora / Gulf States / UAE

A Look Inside Dubai's Synagogue

By Jewish Press News Desk

The leaders of the Dubai congregation say they represent a growing trend in the acceptance of the Jewish State among its more benign neighbors in the region.

Iran

Rouhani Warns 'War with Iran is Mother of all Wars,' Calls for Peace

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Rouhani contends, “it can’t be that the Strait of Hormuz is free for you and the Strait of Gibraltar is not free for us.”

Headline / US

US Deploys Extra Warship, Patriot Battery to Persian Gulf

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is also being dispatched.

Headline / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

One of World's Smallest Huge Cargo Ships Visits Haifa Harbor

By JNi.Media

Even though MSC Christina is truly enormous, it is way down on the list of ocean crossing behemoths.

Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Gulf States / UAE

Iran Fires on Ship in International Waters

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Iranian National Guards ships fired on Singapore-flagged ship sailing in international waters

Iran / News Briefs

Contact Made with Crew of Ship Seized by Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The 24-man crew is in good condition but confined to the ship

US / Iran / News Briefs

US Sends Destroyer to Persian Gulf after Iran Boards Freighter

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

State Dept: "It’s a key concern of the United States to ensure that sea lanes in the region remain open and safe."

US / Iran / News Briefs

Hagel: US Staying in Gulf to Deter Iran

By JTA

The United States will maintain a robust military presence in the Persian Gulf to deter Iran, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said, although military action would be a last resort to keep Iran from getting a nuclear bomb. Hagel in a speech Tuesday to the influential Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank […]

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Bahrain to US: Stop Interference, Don't Meet with Opposition

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Arab Spring uprisings continue to threaten the Bahraini kingdom. Human rights violations directed at dissidents continue apace, and the U.S. has just been invited to mind its own business, although Bahrain receives military equipment and aid from the U.S.

Interviews and Profiles

Will the Arab Spring Reach Jordan?

By Rachel Avraham

Jordanian-Palestinian activist Mudar Zahran says King Abdullah is seeking to save Himself by colluding with Islamists, Iran and Assad

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Ayatollah Launches Submarine as US Conducts Gulf Exercise

By Malkah Fleisher

Tensions between the US and Iran increased Tuesday, as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei order the launch of a Tareq-901 submarine and a Sahand navy destroyer into the Persian Gulf Iran as US and allied navies held drills there to practice keeping shipping lanes open.

The Muqata

As America Throws Israel Under the Bus...

By Jameel@Muqata

In "liberal-speak", pundits say that countries don't have allies, they have interests. That's incorrect; political leaders have interests...countries still have allies.

Middle East / Levant / Global

Report: Iran Conducted A-Bomb Test With North Korean Assistance

By Steve K. Walz

If the reports are accurate, North Korea is playing a direct role in helping Tehran create the infrastructure to assemble nuclear warheads that can be mounted on missiles aimed at Israel, American military bases in the Persian Gulf and pro-Western oil sheikhdoms in the Middle East.

News Briefs

Russia Blasts Arab League Decision to Pull Observers

By Jewish Press Staff

Reports estimate that the death toll in the weekend government crackdown has exceeded 210.

Middle East / Levant

EU Gets Tough On Iran With Planned Oil Embargo

By Sam Ser

European foreign ministers declared their countries’ intent to embargo oil from the Islamic Republic, beginning as early as July, and freeze the assets of Iran’s central bank

News Briefs

Another US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in the Persian Gulf Region

By Jewish Press Staff

Pentagon says deployment of USS Carl Vinson is "routine".

Analysis / Middle East / Levant

Iran Rattles Saber At US in Strait of Hormuz

By Eric Schulenberg

Following imposition of new sanctions regime, Islamic Republic threatens American navy.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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