Middle East on high alert as Iran council member dies from coronavirus

His death comes as other top officials have contracted the virus in Iran, which has the highest death toll in the world after China, the epicenter of the outbreak. (File/AFP) The report Monday said Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi had died Kuwait Ministry of Health said they have identified 10 new cases of coronavirus in […]

Bennett to ‘Post’: Israel’s goal is to remove Iran from Syria within 12 months

Bennett to ‘Post’: Israel’s goal is to remove Iran from Syria within 12 months During his 100 days as defense minister, Bennett has been working to escalate Israel’s steps against Iranian forces in Syria and force Tehran to withdraw its troops from Israel’s northern border. By ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 28, 2020 08:22 Israel has set […]

Israeli fighter jets down drone that took off from Gaza

Drone identified taking off from Gaza and flying, abnormally, westward over the Mediterranean.   Arutz Sheva Staff, 27/02/20 11:48   Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet Flash 90 Fighter jets downed a drone that took off from the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon and flew, abnormally, westward over the Mediterranean. The incident takes place just […]

The Iran nuclear front: From deterioration to deadlock – analysis

Why did nothing come out of the European Union’s meeting on Wednesday with Iran? YONAH JEREMY BOB FEBRUARY 27, 2020 10:16 The parties to the Iran nuclear deal met late Wednesday for the first time since several crucial changes have taken place with the surprising signal being that the trajectory of the US-Iran standoff has […]

Germany permits Iran’s regime to build European network – report

“It is clear that Iran is expanding its network in Europe to this day and that Hamburg is still at the center of this network,” says the historian and Islam expert Christian Osthold. BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 27, 2020 07:42 The Iranian regime-controlled Islamic Center in the northern city of Hamburg oversees a growing network in […]

Coronavirus: Pompeo urges Iran to ‘tell the truth’ about outbreak

Coronavirus: Pompeo urges Iran to ‘tell the truth’ about outbreak At least 53 people in US have been infected with Covid-19 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of concealing its number of coronavirus cases and urged it to come clean in addressing the challenge. “The United States is deeply concerned by […]

Carnival float in Spain features Nazi uniforms and trains with crematoria

Israeli embassy lashes ‘vile and repugnant’ procession in Campo de Criptana for ‘making fun of the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis’ By Cnaan Liphshiz 25 February 2020, 10:22 pm 1 JTA — At a carnival procession in Spain, participants dressed like Nazis and Jewish concentration camp prisoners while dancing next to a […]

Parties to Iran Nuclear Deal to Convene on Wednesday in Vienna

CHARLES BYBELEZER 02/25/2020 Officials from the remaining parties to the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal with Iran will convene in Vienna on Wednesday, six weeks after Britain, France and Germany triggered the pact’s dispute mechanism in response to Iranian violations. Russia and China are the other countries trying to salvage the accord, from which President Donald […]

Merkel again permits Iranian protest calling for Israel’s destruction

German Jews and politicians urged Berlin authorities to cancel the scheduled May Al Quds Day protest against the existence of Israel, in which Hezbollah and neo-Nazi members routinely take part. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 25, 2020 04:15 The German federal government is slated to again allow an Iranian regime-sponsored demonstration calling for the obliteration of Israel’s nearly […]

Hard-line Iranian students threaten to destroy Jewish sites

A hard-line student group in Iran has threatened to destroy the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the north of the country in revenge for the Trump administration’s peace plan. MARCY OSTER/JTA FEBRUARY 25, 2020 07:29 A hard-line student group in Iran has threatened to destroy the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the north […]

The Massive, but Reversible, Defeats of Iran and Turkey

Caroline B. Glick29 Shevat 5780 – February 24, 2020   From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow     {Reposted from the JNS website} With our attention focused on other things—Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Israeli Prime […]

EXCLUSIVE: UNDERGROUND CHURCH PLEADS FOR PRAYER AS CORONAVIRUS SPREADS IN IRAN

People walking in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar wear protective masks to prevent contracting the virus (Credit: Nazanin Tabatabaee, WANA via Reuters) For the third time in the past six months, Iranians are taking to the streets as news of a coronavirus outbreak was reported in the world press. What had previously been acknowledged by the regime […]

Iran’s government and media lied about coronavirus outbreak, riots erupt

“Even the hospital medical staff, some of whom are infected with the coronavirus, are terrified.” SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 23, 2020 10:37 Iranians are scared and angry. Their government has been lying to them and their media was instructed not to report on the coronavirus outbreak as it rapidly spread from the religious city of […]

Iranian cleric blames Trump for coronavirus outbreak in Qom

Saeedi claimed that the coronavirus outbreak was Trump’s way of fulfilling his promise to hit Iranian cultural sites if the Islamic Republic took revenge for the killing of Soleimani. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 23, 2020 04:14 The Friday Prayer Imam of the religious city of Qom, which has been struck with a coronavirus outbreak […]