Day: June 28, 2021

An official representing the Islamic Republic claimed that the IAEA would no longer be granted access to images of nuclear sites throughout the country; The US secretary of state voiced serious concern for the nuclear deal’s future should Tehran follow through. As of Sunday, Iran claims it will no longer grant access to images of […]

Has Mossad done enough damage that IAEA inspection pause not a disaster? It has been four days since the IAEA-Iran inspections cooperation deal expired and the Islamic Republic seems to indicate it’s in no rush to answer whether cooperation would continue. By YONAH JEREMY BOB JUNE 28, 2021 22:41 You would think the sky was […]

Pro-Iranian militias have fired eight rockets at the American base in Syria in response to US airstrikes. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN JUNE 29, 2021 00:13 In the late afternoon, around dusk, reports emerged that pro-Iranian groups had shelled areas in eastern Syria across from Deir Ezzor, ostensibly targeting US forces near the Omar oil fields. […]

JUNE 28, 2021 3:25 PM U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from left, meets Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, right, in Rome, June 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) (JTA) — New Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, meeting with his American counterpart Antony Blinken for the first time, said his government wants to mend […]

Washington cited the US right to self defense as justification for the strikes.  Halgurd Sherwani   32 Minutes Screenshot from a video released by US Central Command showing airstrikes against suspected PMF militia storage facilities in as-Sikak near the Syria-Iraq border, June 27, 2021. (Photo: Jack Holt/US CENTCOM) Iraq USA Airstrikes Yehia Rasool PMF ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Iraqi government […]

  In the wake of the heavy handed Palestinian security forces attacking protesters over the past three days, people criticized the EU for funding the Palestinian police. In response, the European Union and the Palestinians explained exactly what they fund for Palestinians: The EU does not provide any financial or technical assistance to the Palestinian Security […]

Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, June 28 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it has yet to decide whether to extend a monitoring deal with the U.N. nuclear watchdog which lapsed last week, amid Washington’s warning that Tehran’s failure to renew it would complicate talks to revive its 2015 nuclear accord.”No decision has been made yet, either […]

Construction begins on project that will unite Muslims, Jews and Christians under one roof Muslims, Jews and Christians are to be united for worship under one roof in Berlin in a groundbreaking project called ‘House of One’. The cornerstone of the multi-denominational temple was laid in the German capital on Thursday with supporters saying they […]

If the US rate of response is only two retaliatory rounds of strikes to dozens of attacks since January, the US is not deterring the pro-Iran groups. SETH J. FRANTZMAN JUNE 28, 2021 11:59 For the second time this year, the Biden administration has responded to threats to US forces in Iraq by carrying out […]