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Tag Archives: Iran
Controversial former Obama aide Malley named Biden’s top envoy on Iran
JERUSALEM POST Iran rejects new players and new negotiations of nuclear deal by Reuters and Lahav Harkov January 30, 2021 Iran’s foreign ministry rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants in Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, after … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Blinken, Iran, Robert Malley
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“IDF’s Kohavi warns US against rejoining 2015 nuclear deal or even a slightly improved version, calling it ‘a bad thing to do’ that would lead to an Iranian bomb, which Israel won’t allow”
TIMES OF ISRAEL IDF chief says he’s ordered fresh military plans to thwart Iran’s nuke program by Judah Ari Gross January 26, 2021 Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi on Tuesday said he has directed the military to … Continue reading
Biden administration needs to send a consistent message to the Iranian regime about its misbehavior
BLOOMBERG Biden’s First Foreign Policy Blunder Could Be on Iran by Eli Lake January 21, 2021 President Joe Biden has done a good job so far of calming the anxieties of allies that the U.S. will rush into negotiations to … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Joe Biden, Robert Malley
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Iran Deal redux: “Reviving the JCPOA will ensure either the emergence of a nuclear Iran or a desperate war to stop it”
THE ATLANTIC The Case Against the Iran Deal by Michael Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi January 21, 2021 …Why, then, aren’t Israelis and Arabs—those with the most to lose from Iranian nuclearization—also demanding a return to the JCPOA? Why aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Iran, Iran Deal, JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Michael Oren, Yossi Klein Halevi
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NYT writer carrying water for Iran was an Iranian agent
ALGEMEINER Frequent New York Times Opinion Writer Was Secret Iranian Agent, Federal Prosecutors Charge by Ira Stoll January 21, 2021 The New York Times published more than a dozen opinion articles and letters to the editor by Kaveh Afrasiabi. A … Continue reading
Lebanese social media user comments: “If you love Iran so bad, why don’t you go there and leave us the f*** alone?”
GATESTONE Lebanon Wants an End to Iranian Occupation by Khaled Abu Toameh January 15, 2021 Iran’s recent announcement that it intends to use Lebanon as a “forefront” for waging war on Israel has enraged many Lebanese, who say that the time … Continue reading
“In addition to prohibiting any negotiations over Iran’s military power or regional ambitions, the legislation would oblige the government to work toward evicting the United States from the Middle East and destroying Israel within twenty years”
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY New Iranian Bill Aims to Officialize a Policy of Avenging Soleimani and Destroying Israel by Farzin Nadimi Jan 12, 2021 On December 30, hardline politicians in Iran introduced a new parliamentary bill mapping out … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani
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A new biography of Iranian terror chief Qassem Soleimani, “whose hatred of Israel was obsessive”
TABLET MAGAZINE The Life of Iran’s Most Celebrated Mass Killer by Peter Theroux January 7, 2021 Late in Arash Azizi’s fluent and groundbreaking new biography of the late Qassem Soleimani, The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran’s Global Ambitions, the … Continue reading
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Tagged General Qassem Soleimani, Iran, Qassem Soleimani
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Flight over Gulf by two Air Force B-52 bombers was in response to signals that Iran may be planning attacks against US allied targets in neighboring Iraq or elsewhere in region
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) US bomber mission over Persian Gulf aims to send message to Iran by AP and ILH staff December 30, 2020 The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Gulf, Donald Trump, Iran, Qassem Soleimani
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Iran FM Zarif warns Trump to avoid Jerusalem’s ‘trap,’ says it will ‘backfire badly’ on Israeli ‘BFFs,’ amid heightened regional tensions between Tehran and US and Israeli allies
TIMES OF ISRAEL Iran claims Israeli agents ‘plotting attacks’ on US in Iraq to spark conflict by TOI staff and agencies January 2, 2021 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed Saturday that Israeli agents were planning to attack American … Continue reading