Iran to bolster ballistic missile capabilities

Defying calls by the US and United Nations to halt the development of ballistic missile systems, Iran’s outgoing parliament approved a motion Sunday to increase the capabilities of the country’s ballistic missiles, a military program that has been ruled dangerous by the United Nations. Tehran considers the missile program an essential deterrent, citing the unprovoked […]

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Soleimani defies sanctions again, visits Putin

Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force special ops unit responsible for managing terror missions worldwide, has once again defied UN sanctions and traveled to Moscow to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin. The covert trip was meant to coordinate the next steps in Syria, according to multiple intelligence sources who spoke with Fox News on Thursday. The planning comes […]

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Joe Lieberman tells Israel that Democrats’ support is waning (VIDEO)

Ex-US Senator Joseph Lieberman told MKs last November that while support for Israel remains bipartisan in the US, it has undergone “attrition” in the Democratic party, which he represented in the Senate for 24 years. Lieberman said that he thought the agreement reached by world powers with Iran was not “tight enough” and that he had […]

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Iranian official blasts ‘foolish’ Kerry

Iran’s defense minister on Saturday blasted Secretary of State John Kerry’s for what he called his “foolish” accusations that Tehran is “destabilizing” the Middle East, AFP reports. If the United States seeks “stability” it should “leave the region and stop supporting terrorists,” Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said, quoted by the website of state television. “If […]

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GOP bill seeks to block easing of financial restrictions on Iran

Two Republican senators opposed to the Iran nuclear deal are trying to block an Obama administration proposal that would ease rules on using U.S. dollars in trade transactions with Iran, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Marco Rubio of Florida and Mark Kirk of Illinois introduced legislation that would bar the Treasury from permitting foreign banks […]

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