Friday , 29 March 2024

Social and Political

Russia, Iran Not Invited to Munich Security Conference

VOA – Russian and Iranian government officials have not been invited to this year’s Munich Security Conference, as they did not seem open to meaningful dialogue, according to the chairperson of the annual event. The conference, attended by the world’s defense and security elite and sometimes known as “Davos for defense,” will take place in the southern German city on …

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US Intelligence Warns of Growing Iranian-Houthi Weapons Cooperation

VOA – The United States is offering fresh evidence that Houthi attacks on international shipping are being carried out with weaponry designed by Iran, though some analysts and experts warn the findings raise concerns about the effectiveness of the U.S. actions against the Houthis and what it portends of Iran’s weapons development program. The Defense Intelligence Agency late Tuesday issued …

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Japan police raid ship dealer over suspected illegal export to Iran: Media

Al-Arabia – Japanese police raided a ship dealer suspected of illegally selling a vessel to Iran, local media reported Wednesday. Tokyo police on Tuesday raided the Osaka-based ship dealer on suspicion that it exported a second-hand, 499-tonne freight vessel to Iran instead of to the United Arab Emirates as it had reported to customs, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported, citing unnamed …

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UN Rights Official Visits Iran Amid Media Silence And Controversy

iranintl – The Deputy UN Commissioner for Human Rights has visited Iran in total media silence after Iranian opposition urged her to cancel or postpone her visit in protest to Iran’s recent executions. Neither the Iranian authorities, nor the UN Human Rights Office have issued statements regarding Nada Al-Nashif’s visit, which took place between 2 to 5 February as scheduled. …

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Report: IRGC Suspected in Couple’s Murder Plot Against Swedish Jews

Iranwire – Sweden has reportedly deported an Iranian couple, believed to be acting on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), after being suspected in a plot to kill Jews in the Scandinavian country. Swedish Radio reported on February 6 that the Iranian man and woman, identified as  Ramezani and Fereshteh Sanaeifarid, arrived in Sweden in 2015 pretending to …

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Eight Days After the Execution: Bodies Withheld, Houses Surrounded

Iranwire – The mother of Pejman Fatehi, a young Kurdish prisoner who was executed last week, cannot believe his son was killed, as authorities have yet to hand his dead body over to her.  “I cannot bring myself to believe that Pejman has been executed. If my son had truly been killed, they would have returned his lifeless body to …

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Houthis Fire 6 More Anti-Ship Missiles Into Red Sea

VOA – Iranian-backed Houthi militants have once again ignored U.S. calls to stop attacking international shipping lanes or face consequences, this time firing six anti-ship missiles from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Red Sea, a U.S. official tells VOA.The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said U.S. naval forces had shot at least one of the missiles …

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Iran Proxies Continue Attacks Despite US Airstrikes

iranintl – Armed groups backed by Iran have carried out at least two strikes on American forces since Friday, when the United States hit dozens of Iran-related targets in Syria and Iraq. Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder confirmed in a press briefing Monday that two attacks had taken place in Syria and that there had been no casualties. He …

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American Porn Star’s Trip To Iran Triggers Outrage, Accusations Of Hypocrisy

RFL/RE – Iranian women can be detained, fined, or even jailed for simply not covering their hair in public. So, when the authorities permitted an American porn star to visit the Islamic republic, angry Iranian social media users were quick to accuse officials of hypocrisy.Whitney Wright traveled last week to Tehran, where she posted photos of herself covered head-to-toe at …

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3 U.S. Soldiers Died Because Biden Won’t Stand Up to Iran

gatestoneinstitute.org – We were not ready for the seizure of our embassy in Tehran. We were not ready for the Marine Barracks bombings in Beirut. We were not ready for 9/11. We were not ready for the fall of Kabul. We were not ready for the takeover of shipping in the Red Sea near Yemen. What aren’t we ready for …

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