US aircraft carrier seen as barometer of tensions with Iran

By JON GAMBRELLMay 20, 2019 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ordered by the White House to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has become a 100,000-ton barometer of the tensions between Iran and the U.S. So far, the Lincoln and its accompanying ships have yet to enter the gulf through the […]

Iran claims to have quadrupled uranium enrichment

Iranian official says country enriching uranium at a greatly accelerated rate, no longer accepts any restrictions on enrichment. Arutz Sheva Staff, 20/05/19  An official Iranian source told the Iranian news agency Thassen that the Islamic Republic has quadrupled its enrichment rate of low-enriched uranium. According to the official, Iran no longer accepts the restriction on […]

Caroline Glick: Trump Peace Plan Must Give Israel Full Control of ‘Area C’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a public request last week to Ambassador David Friedman at a ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem — a request that spoke to the urgency that Israelis feel as the U.S. approaches the 2020 presidential elections. Netanyahu said: David, I suggest that in the […]

The Incurable Curiosity of the Cosmos: Vol. II

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Psalm 19:1 My own personal curiosity about space began with the late, great JR Church’s article, The Gospel in the Stars. Mr. Church resurrected this topic from Joseph Seiss and E.W. Bullinger, who each wrote about this in the late 19th-century. By […]

Oman, a regional mediator, sends FM to Iran

Iran’s foreign minister meets with his visiting counterpart from Oman, a Gulf nation that in the past has served as an intermediary between the United States and the Islamic Republic. The official IRNA news agency reports the meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Oman’s foreign minister, Yusuf bin Alawi. It says they […]

Zarif to Trump: Never Threaten Iranians, Try Respect

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted US President Donald Trump for his recent threats against Iran, stressing ineffectiveness of Washington’s attempts to defeat the country. Zarif in furious response reacted to Trump’s recent threat on twitter that a fight with the US would be the “official end of Iran” if Iran wants to fight, replying in a […]

Palestinians reject US economic peace summit, say they won’t attend

Senior officials say Palestinians were not consulted about ‘workshop’ in Bahrain; bid will fail without political solution By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 3:20 pm  0 1shares Palestinians prepare to set fire to an Israeli flag and portraits of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a protest at the border fence between Israel and […]

UK Warns Iran of US Retaliation if Washington’s Interests ‘Attacked’

Earlier in the day, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lashed out at US President Donal Trump after the latter said that Iran would see its “official end” should it put up a fight against the United States. Commenting on the recent verbal duel between Washington and Tehran, UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that Iran should […]

Iranian commander: We are ready to confront the enemy

He claimed that the country’s northwestern region was prepared for any attacks. Seth J. Frantzman May 20, 2019 12:44 Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011.. (photo credit: REUTERS) A day after a rocket was fired at […]

How Iraq’s Shia militias are reacting to the rocket attack on the Green Zone and US embassy area

On May 19 a Katyusha rocket fired from near Baghdad’s Technological University landed near the monument to the Unknown Soldier not far from the US Embassy in the city’s Green Zone. The rocket fire comes amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. It is important to examine the differing reactions among Iraq’s Shi’ite paramilitary militia groups […]

Tehran to Trump: US ‘Genocidal Taunts Won’t End Iran’

Former CIA Director David Petraeus warned Iran that it is going to have to be “very careful” in its responses to the US’ pressure campaign in recent months. The former CIA Director suggested that Iran has a decision to make as to how to approach the US from now until the November 2020 elections, where, as they hope, the US pressure […]

Ex-CIA Director Warns Iran to Be ‘Very Careful’ Amid Rising Tensions with US

Former CIA Director David Petraeus warned Iran that it is going to have to be “very careful” in its responses to the US’ pressure campaign in recent months. The former CIA Director suggested that Iran has a decision to make as to how to approach the US from now until the November 2020 elections, where, as they hope, the US pressure […]