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By Robin Emmott and John Irish Source: Reuters   BRUSSELS/PARIS – In Tehran on Jan. 8 during a meeting with European envoys, Iranian officials abruptly stood up, walked out and slammed the door in an extraordinary …

Source: Nordic Monitor   A jihadist militant who killed two priests and beheaded many innocent people in Syria has long worked with Turkey’s intelligence agency MIT, which helped him get away with lesser charges when he …

Source: Asharq AlAwsat   Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s hopes of creating a wedge between Europe and the United States seemed to vanish, amid mounting questions about the future of the nuclear deal. The dialogue between EU …

Source: AP via Star Advertiser   UNITED NATIONS >> Fuel is being shipped illegally from Iran to Houthi Shiite rebels in Yemen to finance their war against the government, and both sides are violating international law with …

Three years since the Iran nuclear deal, the country has not really learned its lesson yet. Even though the terms of the agreement are respected as per UN nuclear watchdog, it keeps issuing threats to the West …

Source: Reuters   BERLIN – Iran is harming Europe’s efforts to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear accord with actions such as the case of suspected espionage involving a member of the German military, veteran German diplomat …

By James Jay Carafano  Source: FoxNews   None of the world’s truly bad guys stays out the headlines for long. After keeping a relatively low profile for several months, Iran earlier this week found itself back in …

By Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall Source: Cleveland Jewish News   Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is continuing to sharply criticize the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force (IRGC-QF), Qasem Soleimani, for not testifying …

History shows that the Islamic Republic backs down when challenged. By Ray Takeyh  Source: Politico The latest news to rattle the Washington establishment is that John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, has asked the …

By Banafsheh Zand Source: Gateway Pundit   Javad Zarif has come to be one of the most recognizable faces of the Khomeiniist regime. His swagger exhibits his aspiration to high office. Having also lived abroad for …

Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL)   The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says Iran will retain its military presence in Syria, defying Israeli threats that Iranian forces will be targeted if they do not leave the …

By Barnini Chakraborty Source: FoxNews   German police have arrested a 50-year-old Afghan-German man suspected of passing military secrets to Iran, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office announced. The man, identified only as Abdul Hamid S., is expected to go …

Source: Reuters   BEIRUT – The U.S. State Department criticized Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Monday for digging tunnels into Israel and stockpiling rockets, as Washington steps up efforts to isolate Tehran. In recent weeks, Israeli …

By Melissa Etehad Source: Los Angeles Times   They seemed an unlikely pair of spies. The older man, Majid Ghorbani, worked at a posh Persian restaurant in Santa Ana’s South Coast Village Plaza. At 59, he …

By Benjamin Weinthal Source: FoxNews   The Islamic Republic of Iran unleashed yet another crackdown on the country’s struggling Christian minority before and after Christmas, prompting international calls for help – and for much tougher action against the repressive regime. The …

By Tom McKay Source: Gizmodo   Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei and the daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, was detained in Canada late last year at the behest of U.S. authorities, …

Broadcast comes as part of documentary accusing UK of trying to infiltrate Iran through BBC Persian channel By Patrick Wintour Source: The Guardian   Iranian state TV has for the first time broadcast images of the …

By Adam Taylor Source: The Washington Post   The European Union imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence ministry and two Iranian nationals on Tuesday as the Dutch government accused Iran of likely involvement in two assassination plots …

Iran MP In Unprecedented Speech Calls For Major Change In Foreign Policy Source: RadioFarda   A member of Iran’s parliament says the country’s foreign policy has “a lot of unneeded costs” and these can “leave us …

Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL)   The Iranian Central Bank has proposed a currency reform that would remove four zeros from the rial, Iranian state media have reported. “A bill to remove four zeros from the national currency …

Source: RadioFarda   The debate over the source of an obnoxious stench that engulfed Tehran on Wednesday is still continuing in the capital city of Iran. A Tehran city councilor has dismissed claims attributing the foul …

By Ben Cohen Source: Algemeiner More than 400 Iranian pro-democracy activists have signed an open letter to US President Donald Trump seeking American financial and political support to bring down their country’s ruling Islamist regime. Around half of …

Source: RadioFarda Iranian oil minister’s deputy for international trade says the eight countries which have received U.S. sanctions’ waivers to continue buying Iranian oil are not willing to buy even one additional barrel. Amir-Hossein Zamaninia, in …

Iran ‘Has Had 400 Years’ Worth Of Progress Since Revolution’ Says Senior Ayatollah Source: RadioFarda   Mohammad Yazdi, 87, a senior influential ayatollah says that in forty years since the 1979 revolution, Iran has had 400 …

By Joel Gehrke Source: The Washington Examiner   Iran must not to proceed with a series of space-related tests that could disguise a ballistic missile program, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Thursday. “The United States …

Source: MENAFN – Jordan Times   LONDON —Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Monday they plan to upgrade their speed boats in the Gulf with radar-evading stealth technology and new missile launchers as tensions rise between Tehran and …