Would Donald Trump’s Iran Crackdown Benefit Russia? Experts Weigh In
Even before Donald Trump named Elise Stefanik the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the New York representative had touted how the president-elect would return to a “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran. The Wall Street Journal said Trump would “drastically increase” sanctions to “choke off” Iran’s oil income, which the U.S. Energy Information Administration […]
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Iran Breaks Silence on Trump Assassination Attempt Claims
Iran has broken its silence on accusations that an Iranian man was involved in a murder-for-hire scheme to kill newly reelected president Donald Trump. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, denied the allegations, writing on X: “Remember the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran right after our President’s inauguration? Everyone knows who did it and why. […]
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US Calls Out Iran Over Reza Valizadeh Arrest Reports
An American-Iranian journalist is thought to have spent months in “cruel” detention in Iran, the U.S. government has said, as questions swirl over whether Iran will strike back at Israel and the anniversary of U.S. personnel being held for over a year in Tehran looms. Reza Valizadeh, who had worked for the U.S. government-backed, Persian-language […]
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Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s New X Account Suspended
The social media platform X on Monday suspended a new account linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which shared messages in Hebrew. Early Monday, a brief note on the suspended account stated, “X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules.” The suspension occurred following Israel’s first open airstrikes against Iran, in response to […]
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Iran Points Finger at US After Israeli Attack
The U.S. enabled Israel’s attack on Iran early on Saturday, Tehran’s foreign minister has said, as questions loom large over whether Tehran will once again hit back at Israel and further ramp up tensions in the Middle East. “The U.S. complicity in Israel’s aggression early on Saturday is crystal clear for us,” Syed Abbas Araghchi […]
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