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RFL/RE – A Saudi-led military coalition is blaming Iran for the launch of a ballistic missile by Yemeni Shi’ite rebels toward Riyadh, warning that it could be “considered as an act of war” and that it reserves its “right to respond.” A statement issued early on November 6 said that “Iran’s role and its direct command of its Huthi proxy in …

huffingtonpost -In the shadowy world of covert proxy wars, Iran is taking centre stage, both as a target and a player. A series of incidents involving Iranian ethnic and religious minorities raise the spectre of the United States and Saudi Arabia seeking to destabilize the Islamic republic. Not to sit back passively, indications are that Iran beyond its support for …

Al-Arabia – The recently released CIA bin Laden files provide new details concerning al Qaeda’s relationship with Iran. One never-before-seen 19-page document contains a senior militant’s assessment of the group’s relationship with Iran, the Foundation for Defense of Democracy’s Long War Journal reported. The author explains that Iran offered some “Saudi brothers” in al Qaeda “everything they needed,” including “money, arms” and “training …

RFL/RE – Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tehran for talks with Iran’s leadership on the Syria crisis, the landmark 2015 international nuclear agreement, and energy cooperation, Iranian television announced on November 1.   Putin was scheduled to hold talks with President Hassan Rohani and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as participating in a trilateral summit with Rohani …

RFL/RE – The Iranian Foreign Ministry says President Hassan Rohani turned down a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in September. The semiofficial ILNA news agency on October 29 quoted ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi as saying that “an intention was expressed by the American side that was not approved by President Rohani” …

thehill -After this week, the Trump administration will not only be leading the United States down a different path with respect to the Iran nuclear deal; it will also be employing a revised strategy on the Islamic Republic as a whole. On Oct. 13, President Trump announced the results of a comprehensive policy review, resulting in, among other items, a …

Forbes – Tehran received a major blow following the blacklisting of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by the U.S. Treasury Department after President Donald Trump’s October 13th landmark Iran policy speech. This has senior Iranian officials extremely concerned as the regime in its entirety is desperately attempting to cope with the aftermath. There are those heard struggling to downgrade the impact …

Al-Arabia – The US House of Representatives on Wednesday backed new sanctions on Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, part of an effort to take a tough line against Tehran without immediately moving to undermine an international nuclear agreement. Three Hezbollah-related measures passed by voice vote, without opposition. The House will vote on Thursday on another bill, to impose additional sanctions on Iran …

RFL/RE – The U.S. government announced it will start admitting refugees from most countries again after a 120-day ban, but will impose new restrictions on refugees from Iran and 10 other countries where it sees security risks. While the government allowed its temporary refugee ban to expire as scheduled on October 24, it was replaced with a restrictive new executive order …

Al-Arabia – We all understand Iran, the regime with the ambition to dominate and gain influence. However, in fact we do not really know it. To Iran, the end justifies the means from selling cigarettes to counterfeiting currencies, dealing drugs, money laundering, collecting Khums tax and using it for military purposes, establishing complex networks of companies in Africa, Latin America and …