Germany: EU plan to bypass U.S. sanctions on Iran soon operational

German FM Maas to meet Rouhani, Zarif in Tehran as Berlin, London and Paris move to salvage nuclear deal; Iran wants Europeans to do more to protect trade, declines to discuss missile program TEHRAN – All the formal requirements for a European payment system for barter-based trade with Iran designed to circumvent U.S. sanctions are […]

KURDISTAN REGION GETS NEW PRESIDENT

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iraqi Kurds wave flags of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration. (photo credit:” SAFIN HAMED / AFP) Nechirvan Barzani has been a central figure in the region since the late 1990s and is credited with its economic success. The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq has a new president: Nechirvan Barzani […]

UK exposed Hezbollah explosives in London in 2015, with Mossad intel

Hezbollah is an Islamist and militant group based in Lebanon. JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 10, 2019 12:02 Radicals linked to Iranian-backed Hezbollah were caught stashing tonnes of explosive materials in north-west London in a secret British bomb factory, M15 and Metropolitan Police officers discovered in 2015, a matter of months after the UK signed up […]

Iran won’t talk missiles, only nuke deal as officials visit

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s Foreign Ministry says nothing else but the country’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers will be discussed during high-stakes diplomacy meetings in Tehran this week. Iranian state television quotes spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, as saying that visiting “European officials are not in a position to comment on Iran’s issues beyond the […]

Iran welcomes German FM to pressure Europe on Iran deal

Iranian media appears suspicious that Germany can actually preserve the deal. By Seth J. Frantzman June 10, 2019 11:06   Iran welcomed German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas today in a bid to pressure the Germans to help them get what they want out of the remains of the Iran Deal. Maas has said that he […]

Turkey rejects Idlib ceasefire terms after Russia asks Ankara to handover Jabal Shashabo: report

BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:30 A.M.) – Turkey and Russia have failed to reach an agreement on a ceasefire inside the Idlib Governorate of northwestern Syria, the Syria-based Al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday morning. Citing opposition sources, Al-Watan said the negotiations stalled between Turkey and Russia after the latter asked Ankara to hand over the Jabal Shashabo […]

38 years later, pilots recall how Iran inadvertently enabled Osiraq reactor raid

Surviving participants in Israeli airstrike that destroyed Saddam’s nuclear site gather to retrace mission that ‘remade the Middle East’ By TOI STAFFToday, 2:32 am The Israeli Air Force F-16A Netz 243 flown by Colonel Ilan Ramon in the Operation Opera bombing of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear reactor at Osirak in 1981 (KGyST/Wikipedia) Thirty-eight years after Operation Opera — the […]

The air defense system Iran unveiled is limited

The brand-new homemade Khordad 15 air defense missile system presented by Iran’s defense minister Brig. Gen. Amir Hatami on Sunday is not brand-new, DEBKAfile’s military sources report; it was developed from an older system. Neither is it capable of shooting down “enemy jets,” as the minister claimed. With a range of 120 km, the Khordad […]

IDF thwarts terrorist attempt to smuggle rockets into Gaza Strip

Joint IDF-Shin Bet security agency operation intercepts rocket-manufacturing materials en route to Gaza through Egypt’s Sinai coast. Four suspects arrested, face charges of conspiracy to commit an act of terror, membership in a terrorist organization, and aiding in terrorist activities. by  i24NEWS , Israel Hayom Staff  Published on  2019-06-10 09:44 Last modified: 2019-06-10 10:46 Members of the Izzedine […]

Jordan: Abbas rejects solution to financial crisis

A senior Jordanian source said a proposal to solve the economic crisis was rejected by Abbas and that he forbade senior Palestinian officials to meet with Israeli officials. ALEX WINSTON June 10, 2019 09:31 Jordanian officials are reportedly furious at the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, claiming that his conduct regarding the economic […]

German FM, Japanese PM to meet Iran’s Rouhani

Netanyahu speaks to Shinzo Abe before trip. REUTERS, Herb Keinon June 10, 2019 10:08 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Monday, a German diplomatic source said, as part of a concerted European effort to preserve Iran’s nuclear pact with world powers and defuse rising US-Iranian tensions. Germany, […]

Secret Hizballah stock of explosive materials found outside London – report

Jun 10, 2019 Terrorists linked to Hizballah were caught in 2015 stockpiling tonnes of explosive materials at a secret site on the outskirts of London, The Daily Telegraph reveals. Three metric tonnes of ammonium nitrate, used in making homemade bombs, were uncovered in thousands of ice backs, in a joint MI5-Metropolitan Police operation. Four properties […]

Iran claims to have new air defense system

Iran’s Sayyad 3 is built upon the foundations of previous surface to air missiles. According to reports it has a range up to 200km. Seth J. Frantzman June 10, 2019 01:10 Iran said Sunday that it had unveiled a new domestically produced air defense system, called the Khordad 15 and inaugurated by Defense Minister Amir […]

Iran Sets Conditions for Ensuring Success of Japan’s PM Mediation

Sunday, 9 June, 2019 – 11:00 Iran’s Supreme National Security Council determined the conditions to ensure the success of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s scheduled visit to Tehran next Wednesday to reduce tension between Iran and the United States. In a note on Saturday, Spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council Keivan Khosravi wrote that the […]