Could War With Iran Be an October Surprise?

Jonah Shepp Over the past few weeks, a series of suspicious fires and explosions have occurred at Iranian civilian and military facilities, including the country’s main missile-production and nuclear complexes. While a few of these incidents might have been accidental, the timing and specific targets suggest that at least some were the result of sabotage […]

Coronavirus Is Empowering Dictators And Changing The World Order

April 4, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Tags: CoronavirusAuthoritarianismIranTurkeyIsrael From the Schengen zone agreements to life in the Gulf, coronavirus has shattered what is considered normal in a few short weeks. by Seth J. Frantzman The global pandemic of coronavirus will fundamentally re-shape the world order as it upends systems which publics have come to take for […]

How many Iranian officials have died of coronavirus?

The coronavirus spread in Iran among the country’s elites, particularly the religious establishment and IRGC circles. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 11, 2020 08:04 The coronavirus spread in Iran among the country’s elites, particularly the religious establishment and IRGC circles. This is because of how it entered the country via Qom, a city known for holy […]

U.S. Sanctions Have Crippled Iranian Oil Production

By Tsvetana Paraskova – Mar 10, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT Join Our Community The U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector are impacting the Islamic Republic’s ability to potentially increase production in the long term if the U.S.-Iran tensions subside and sanctions ease. Iran relies 100 percent on imports for oil rig equipment, but the sanctions have stifled […]

US Goes After Iran’s Floating Oil US Goes After Iran’s Floating Oil Storage

By Julianne Geiger – Mar 09, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT Washington has plans to issue warnings to oil shippers, insurers, and port authorities that storing Iranian crude oil will bring the wrath of US sanctions, a US State Department official said on Monday, according to Reuters. The US will target those who store Iranian oil or oil products […]

The Iranian nuclear threat from a Purim perspective

Preemptive attacks sometimes are necessary to protect Jews from those who want to annihilate them.   Ezequiel Doiny, 09/03/20 15:52 | updated: 23:00     The author is an Engineer and writer based in Maryland, USA. More from the author ► Today, as in the times of Esther and Mordechai, Jews are being threatened with […]

Spotlight returns to Iran’s nuclear program amid ongoing breaches of deal

Experts say Tehran’s ‘breakout time’ to an atomic weapon may well have fallen to a matter of months By AFP Today, 9:10 am   VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Tehran’s nuclear program is back under the spotlight after the UN’s nuclear watchdog revealed the extent of Iran’s uranium enrichment drive and reprimanded it for denying access […]

Iran in turmoil: Coronavirus kills the ‘butcher’ of Tehran

Websites affiliated with Iran’s exiled opposition celebrate the death of Mohammad Haj Abolghasemi, 71, calling him a “butcher” and a “hangman” due to his role in brutally suppressing civilian protests. Meanwhile, experts worry Iran’s percentage of deaths to infections, now around 3.3%, is much higher than other countries. by  Netta Bar , Dean Shmuel Elmas , AP  Published […]

More than 3,000 coronavirus cases in Iran

Middle East prepares for growing emergency By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 5, 2020 16:4Tags7 Iran now has more than 3,500 official cases of coronavirus as rates spread rapidly. Suspicions are that numbers are far higher, even though Tehran claims only 100 have died. Throughout the Middle East, cases are increasing with new discoveries in Egypt, […]

Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile five times higher than nuclear deal cap: UN watchdog

IAEA says Iran could have at least three undeclared nuclear sites, with Tehran refusing information on those Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is five times above the limit set under the 2015 nuclear deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday in a report, as cited by the AFP. According to the report, as of […]

Erdogan says Iran and Russia are not targets in Syria, only Syrian military

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UN nuclear watchdog plans rebuke of Iran over access to sites – report

New International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi ready to taker a harder attitude toward non-compliance with 2015 deal, diplomats say By Stuart Winer and AP Today, 10:32 am The United Nations atomic watchdog is preparing to rap Iran for stonewalling for preventing access to nuclear sites that inspectors want to visit under the terms […]

Exclusive: U.N. nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling – diplomats

Francois Murphy VIENNA/PARIS (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran’s nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it, several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday. The International Atomic Energy Agency overseeing […]

Rocket attack hits Turkish customs vehicle near Iran border -minister

By REUTERS MARCH 2, 2020 10:45 ANKARA – A rocket hit an armored vehicle carrying Turkish customs personnel in an attack near the border with Iran on Friday, killing one person and injuring others, Turkish officials said, adding that clashes were under way in the area. The rocket struck the vehicle’s front wheel around 0550 […]