Saudi Arabia, Qatar to sign U.S.-brokered deal to ease Gulf crisis

Barak Ravid, author of from Tel Aviv Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf countries are expected to sign an agreement on Tuesday toward ending a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf after 3½ years. The big picture: A Saudi-led coalition severed ties with Qatar in 2017 and closed their airspace and sea routes to Qatari planes and […]

U.S. accuses Iran of ‘nuclear extortion’ after enrichment statement

Reuters Published: 01.04.21 , 23:04 The United States criticized Iran’s statement that it had begun the process of enriching uranium to 20%, well above the limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington abandoned, as a form of “nuclear extortion.””Iran enriching uranium to 20 percent at Fordow is a clear attempt to increase its […]

Netanyahu: Increased enrichment shows Iran seeks nuclear weapons

“A few minutes ago, the process of producing 20% enriched uranium has started in Fordow enrichment complex,” Iran said Monday. LAHAV HARKOV JANUARY 4, 2021 14:22 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a meeting with Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Janša in Jerusalem, December 8, 2020 (photo credit: OHAD TZVEIGENBERG‏/POOL) Advertisement Iran is continuing to show that […]

Netanyahu says Iranian enrichment aimed at developing nuclear arms

By Reuters Staff JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran’s resumption of 20% uranium enrichment was aimed at developing nuclear weapons and that Israel would never allow Tehran to build them. In a statement, Netanyahu said Iran’s enrichment decision could be explained only as a bid to “continue to […]

Turkey’s goal in Caucasus was to increase Russia’s role – analysis

While Turkey frequently spreads misinformation via its state media, imprisons journalists and dissidents and bashes the US, it is growing closer to Russia. SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 3, 2021 17:22 Turkey and Russia are increasingly becoming strategic partners in an effort to work with Iran and remove the US from the Middle East. This is […]

Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment at Fordow facility

In a brief talk with Mehr News Agency on Monday, Ali Rabiei pointed to Iran’s counteractive plan to enrich uranium to up to 20% purity, saying that the gas injection process into centrifuges started “hours ago” following President Hassan Rouhani’s recent order on the implementation of the plan. Rabiei noted that the enrichment started this […]

Watch: Iranian singers chant ‘Death to Israel’ in Hebrew’

Watch: Iranian singers chant ‘Death to Israel’ in Hebrew’ Iranian TV recently aired a song in Farsi, Arabic and Hebrew in which the singers pledge revenge for death of Qassem Soleimani. Tags: Qassem Soleimani MEMRI Iran   Elad Benari , Jan 04 , 2021 6:03 AM   Iranian military rockets in museum, Tehran, Iran iStock […]

France gives $10M to Palestinian group that promotes Israel boycott

Promoting that boycott has been found illegal in France in several high-profile cases. CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA JANUARY 4, 2021 05:08 The French government has allocated about $10 million to a Palestinian organization that is a leading promoter of the boycott Israel movement. Promoting that boycott has been found illegal in France in several high-profile cases. The […]

Reversed Pentagon order keeps US carrier in Gulf

Jan 4, 2021 @ 10:10 Backtracking on his order to recall the USS Nimitz carrier, acting US Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced on Sunday, Jan. 3, “Due to the recent threats issued by Iranian leaders against President Trump and other US government officials, I have ordered the USS Nimitz to halt its routine redeployment.” He added: […]