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Al-Arabia – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday that Iran has used more than 10 military facilities in Syria to produce advanced missiles and weapons for its proxies. For several years, Israel has been mounting attacks on what it has described as Iranian-linked targets in Syria. There were no immediate comments from Iran and Syria on Monday, but Damascus has …

Al-Arabia – Iran appealed for restraint from neighboring Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday after the deadliest flare-up in fighting between the Caucasus foes since a six-week war ended nearly two years ago. Iran “calls for restraint and the peaceful resolution of disputes between the two countries, and expresses its concern over the escalation of tensions,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in …

RFL/RE – Hossein Razzagh, an Iranian journalist imprisoned in notorious Tehran’s Evin prison, faces new charges over his social media activities. Saeed Dehghan, Razzagh’s lawyer, wrote in a tweet on September 11 that his client has been accused of “conspiring and colluding against the regime” for managing a popular room on the Clubhouse social media network. He also faces two other new charges, including …

JPOST – The US wants to be involved in joint regional missile defense against Iran, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security Mira Resnick said at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York on Monday. “This is something the US would want to be part of,” Resnick said. “I think there’s a will and it would be very exciting.” Resnick …

nypost – A top Iranian official has admitted for the first time that Iran knowingly helped al-Qaeda terrorists — including some of the 9/11 attackers — travel secretly through the Middle East. “Their movements [through Iran] were under the complete supervision of the Iranian intelligence,” Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in a recently surfaced interview. That was one of the main accusations …