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“Recent attacks suggest that Israel has a clandestine network inside Iran and that Iranian security services have been powerless to break it”

NEW YORK TIMES Iran Rattled as Israel Repeatedly Strikes Key Targets by Ben Hubbard, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman April 20, 2021 In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an Al Qaeda commander given refuge … Continue reading

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Iran hopes to stoke fear that its “breakout timing” is shrinking and thereby increase pressure on the Biden administration to reenter the #IranDeal before time runs out

JINSA Iran’s Newest Nuclear Steps Won’t Make Up for Delays Caused by Explosion by Blaise Misztal and Jonathan Ruhe April 15, 2021 Iran’s Newest Nuclear Steps Won’t Make Up for Delays Caused by ExplosionIran has attempted to make up for … Continue reading

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Attack on Iranian nuclear site “reportedly carried out through a remotely detonated device smuggled into the facility”

JERUSALEM POST Natanz attack hit 50 meters underground, destroyed most of the facility by Tzvi Joffre, Yonah Jeremy Bob April 13, 2021 The alleged Israeli attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility targeted an electrical substation located 40 to 50 meters … Continue reading

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have been testing nuclear ballistic missiles for months, violating UN Resolution 2231, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action back in 2015

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Iran tests nuclear-capable missiles, Israeli ambassador reveals by Ariel Kahana, Damian Pachter and Erez Linn April 9, 2021 As world powers are stepping up efforts to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, the … Continue reading

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In exclusive interview, Jeyhun Bayramov lauds the “close and mutually beneficial” ties between Azerbaijan and Israel, which cover “political, economic, military and other fields”

JNS Partnership with Israel ‘strong, multidimensional,’ says Azeri foreign minister by Dean Shmuel Elmas April 4, 2021 The relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan is one of Jerusalem’s most unique achievements: close ties with a Shi’ite-majority country that sees Israel as … Continue reading

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“A shift towards the Palestinians and anti-Israel international organizations, coupled with an ominous silence about a drift to Iran appeasement, are all recreating Obama’s “daylight” strategy”

JNS Has Biden already betrayed the trust of pro-Israel Democrats? by Jonathan S. Tobin April 5, 2021 It’s only been 11 weeks since Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States. With the president preoccupied with domestic … Continue reading

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The China-Iran Deal: “The notional agreement was a sprawling 25-year strategic accord valued at a staggering $400 billion, encompassing everything from Chinese involvement in Iran’s telecom sector to closer collaboration between the militaries of the two countries”

AL-HURRA DIGITAL China Chooses Sides In The Middle East by Ilan Berman March 29, 2021 China’s geopolitical ambitions in the Middle East took a giant leap forward over the weekend, when Chinese and Iranian officials convened in Tehran to formally sign … Continue reading

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“Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort”

JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND SECURITY No Agreement is Better than Another Bad Agreement with Iran by Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror March 17, 2021 A few days ago, a journalist said to me that “Israel must realize that ultimately … Continue reading

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Common denominator in Iran’s opposition groups “appears to be a profound rejection of the country’s current, clerical system of government—and of the unaccountable ayatollahs who administer it”

NEWSWEEK Iran’s Opposition Is Sending Washington A Message by Ilan Berman March 15, 2021 Something profound is taking shape inside Iran. Mere months from the country’s next presidential election, and in the midst of a U.S. push for reengagement with … Continue reading

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Buenos Aires: “We remember with pain the 29 victims of the attack and the dozens of injured, victims of a criminal act of terrorism”

ALGEMEINER Officials, Jewish Groups Mark Anniversary of 1992 Israeli Embassy Bombing That Killed 29 by Staff March 17, 2021 Israeli, Jewish, and Argentine leaders and institutions commemorated on Wednesday the anniversary of the March 17, 1992 bombing of the Israeli … Continue reading

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