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Media reports indicated the plot was designed to avenge the killing of IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani. SETH J. FRANTZMAN SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 19:45 Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said it was targeted by an Iranian-backed terror plot, according to local media reports. “The Ministry of Interior managed to thwart a huge terrorist plot in the Kingdom of […]
Tehran says Trump administration ‘isolated’ after other world powers reject American assertion that sanctions on Islamic Republic are back in force By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 5:14 pm 0 Edit Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday warned the US it faces defeat after the Trump administration declared that UN sanctions are back in force […]
There has been no wide-scale aerial bombing since a March agreement ended a Russian-backed bombing campaign that displaced over a million people in the region. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 17:40 AMMAN – Syrian opposition sources said Russian jets bombed rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday in the most extensive strikes since a Turkish-Russian deal halted major […]
Netanyahu and Putin have had warm relations for many years and Israel and Russia frequently have discussed Syria over the years. SETH J. FRANTZMAN SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 14:57 After the UAE-Israel deal was announced in August the Russian perspective was largely ignored in most western media. However, Russia has expressed differing views on the deal […]
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 14:31 The Iranian rial fell to a record low against the US dollar on the unofficial market on Sunday, a day after the US President Donald Trump’s administration declared all United Nations sanctions on Tehran had been restored. The dollar was offered for as much as 273,000 rials, up from 267,800 rials […]
While there is hope by Trump administration supporters that the US decision to move forward on snapback will work, the consensus appears to be in Europe, Russia, Iran and elsewhere, that it will not. SETH J. FRANTZMAN SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 13:35 The Trump administration has sought to re-impose snapback sanctions on Iran under UN Security […]
Iran dismissed U.S. efforts to restore all U.N. sanctions on the country as mounting economic pressure from Washington pushed the local currency down to its lowest level ever on Sunday.Iran’s currency dropped to 272,500 to the U.S. dollar at money exchange shops across Tehran.
Citing US intel reports, NY Times says Khamenei fears direct confrontation will help president’s campaign and believes Natanz attack was intended to provoke a clash TOI staffAgencies Today, 12:32 pm American intelligence reports indicate Iran has avoided strong military action against the US — despite an intense pressure campaign by Washington that has included tightening […]
Railing against Israel’s peace deals with UAE and Bahrain, Azzam Al-Ahmad claims Palestinians are defending all Arab nations from Israel’s expansion plots TOI staffToday, 10:14 am A senior Palestinian official has said the Palestinian people protect Arab nations from “the Zionist territorial designs from the Nile to the Euphrates.” Speaking last week in criticism of […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif denounces US ‘bullying’ hours before unilateral US deadline to reimpose sanctions. 20 Sep 2020 02:39 GMT Iran has urged the world community to defy the United States’ unilateral step to reimpose international sanctions, as the US threatened “consequences” against those opposing its action. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced US […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that the US “expects all UN Member States to comply” with snapback sanctions on the Islamic Republic. OMRI NAHMIAS SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 11:47 The US announced on Saturday night that UN sanctions are being reimposed on Iran. The snapback of sanctions was triggered 30 days ago, following […]
Moscow says Washington’s ‘theatrics do not correspond to reality,’ as the White House insists measures against Tehran have snapped back — in defiance of the rest of the world By AFP Today, 10:50 am Iran on Sunday called on the rest of the world to unite against US “reckless actions,” after Washington unilaterally declared […]
Exporting oil to Europe via an Israeli land pipeline would help the Gulf states bypass the dangerous and costly Straits of Hormuz and Suez Canal shipping routes. Israel will propose that the UAE help promote the construction of a land pipeline between Saudi Arabia and Israel for oil and distillates for shipping from the Mediterranean […]
The Trump administration says that on Saturday all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored. By REUTERS SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 23:35 The world community should oppose the United States’ use of sanctions to impose its will as a “bully,” or expect to face sanctions itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on […]