The US has been privately telling Tehran that it will attack if Iran makes this one wrong move

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric S. Powell/Handout Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been secretly delivering a message to Iran warning that the death of even a single American service member would trigger a military counterattack, The Washington Post reported Tuesday evening. Pompeo and White House national […]

Iran calls US to immediately end its illegal presence in Syria

Jun 19, 2019 08:49 Asia/Tehran [Updated: Jun 19, 2019 10:12 Asia/Tehran] Iran condemned violation of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, by the United States and asked Washington to immediately end its illegal presence in Syria. Iran Press/Iran news: The Iranian ambassador to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi said that his country, along with other guarantors […]

Iran: enrichment of uranium at a higher-level starting July

Reuters|Published:  06.19.19 , 12:02 Iran said on Wednesday it will start enriching uranium at a higher level in July and won’t give European powers any more time to prevent this move by protecting Tehran from U.S. sanctions.   The spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi, was quoted by Tasnim news agency on Wednesday, […]

Netanyahu to Israel’s enemies: We have power of annihilation, do not test us

“I hear our neighbors from the north, south and east threatening to destroy us,” Netanyahu said. By Herb Keinon June 19, 2019 11:58   Israel has tremendous destructive capabilities, and its enemies should not test it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday after viewing a large IDF exercise in the north. “I am very […]

Sanhedrin Mints King David Coin to Usher in Davidic Dynasty

Adam Eliyahu BerkowitzJune 18, 2019 , 1:50 pm When your eyes behold a king in his beauty, When they contemplate the land roundabout. Isaiah 33:17 (The Israel Bible™) The newly minted Davidic coin (Courtesy Sanhedrin) As the next stage in the Messianic process, the Sanhedrin of Israel released a new coin honoring King David in […]

Iran Moves Militants From Nayrab Airport Following Russian Request

Wednesday June 19th, 2019 by Zaman Al Wasl (Opposition website) At the request of the Russians, Qasem Soleimani has ordered the redeployment of his forces to a factory in Aleppo, to ensure Nayrab airport is spared Israeli airstrikes reports Zaman Al Wasl. A well-informed source said Qasem Soleimani, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard […]

US warns citizens to be cautious after car bombs hit Saudi

The United States Consulate has warned American citizens in Saudi Arabia to take extreme caution following two car bombings that hit the city of Jeddah, causing several injuries, the Middle East Eye news site reported yesterday. The site said the US consulate was “aware of two car bombings in Jeddah” on 7 June that were […]

Marking Key Military Positions in a Potential U.S.-Iran Conflict

Tehran can hardly be expected to be cavalier about a potential military conflict with Washington, especially given the disproportionate advantage of the United States and the devastation that such a conflict could inflict on Iran’s economy, its populace and, potentially, its government. But caution aside, a broader conflict is not beyond the realm of possibility, what with […]

Rocket hits Iraq site housing foreign oil firms, wounding three

24NEWS Latest Revision june 19, 2019, 3:39 AM HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (AFP/File) FILE- An employee stands at the Zubair oil and gas field, north of the southern Iraqi province of Basra on May 9, 2018 The incident is the latest in a spate of attacks on oil infrastructure in the region A rocket landed within […]

Iran could target Israel to escalate tensions with US – report

Israeli, Western intelligence officials said to warn that Tehran is frustrated at failure to force Washington to negotiation table By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 10:19 am     Hezbollah fighters hold flags, as they attend the memorial of slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, south Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (Mohammed […]

PA spokesman: We thwarted the US peace plan

Nabil Abu Rudeineh boasts that the PA was able to thwart all the “conspiracies” against the Palestinian cause. Elad Benari, 19/06/19  Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, boasted on Tuesday that the PA had thwarted the US peace plan. In a statement quoted by the PA’s official Wafa news […]

Watch: Iranian official compares IAEA inspectors to cockroaches

Senior Iranian official Mohammad-Javad Larijani: IAEA inspectors should not be allowed into Iran. Elad Benari, 19/06/19 In a recent television interview, senior Iranian official Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Head of the Institute for Research and Fundamental Sciences, described the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observers and inspectors as “cockroaches,” and said they should not be allowed into […]

Iraq investigating alleged rocket fire that landed near US forces in Camp Taji

The incident is one of the most serious in recent months targeting an areas where US forces are present in Iraq. By Seth J. Frantzman June 18, 2019 20:13   Iraqi security forces ride in vehicles travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of Islamic State at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in […]

Greenblatt: ‘If peace plan fails, I will understand why’

US envoy not surprised by PA’s decision to boycott the upcoming Bahrain conference. “The Israeli government has been very helpful”.   Elad Benari, 19/06/19 01:07   Binyamin Netanyahu, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt Reuters Jason Greenblatt, the US Special Representative for International Negotiations, explained on Tuesday why no official Israeli representatives were invited to the […]