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iranintl – A member of the US House of Representatives has called for enhancement of Washington’s defense capabilities in response to Tehran’s unveiling of a new loitering munition drone. “Iran’s Rezvan loitering munition and its growing drone capabilities underscores the need for the US to bolster its own defense capabilities,” said Congressman Pat Fallon in a post on his X …

iranintl – Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Ankara seeks to strengthen ties with its eastern neighbor and expects Tehran to support its fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “There are some who think differently about PKK in Iran. But it is not a secret that we call on all the countries – the US, Russia, etc. – not …

RFL/RE – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming special envoy for Russia and Ukraine, while attending an Iranian opposition event in Paris, called for the return of “maximum pressure” against Tehran to push it to allow more democracy and to cease support for extremist elements in the Middle East. “These pressures are not just kinetic, just not military force, but they …

VOA – Iran was holding air defense exercises Saturday, state media reported, as the country braces for more friction with arch-enemy Israel and the United States under incoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The war games take place as Iranian leaders face the risk that Trump could empower Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, while further tightening …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Henry Kissinger took a walk up the garden path with his naïve understanding of détente that implied equivalence between the Soviet Union and the “Free World” led by the United States, and arguably helped prolong the life of the Evil Empire. [T]he question that Obama and Kerry didn’t tackle was why the mullahs might want to build a …