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Commander Says Iran Army Ground Force To Be A ‘Special Mobile Assault Force’

Radiofarda – A commander of Iranian Army’s Ground Force says the force has changed its mission to become “a mobile assault force,” reported Tasnim news agency on Monday May 20. Tasnim quoted Brigadier Ali Hajilou, the commander of the northwestern headquarters of the Iranian army’s ground forces as having said that the army’s ground force has left behind its traditional …

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Houthis Threaten To Hit 300 Gulf Targets Amid Rising Tensions

Radiofarda – Yemen’s Houthi group allied with Iran said targeting Saudi Aramco’s installations last week was the beginning of military operations against 300 vital military targets, Houthi-controlled SABA news agency said on Sunday May 19, citing a source in the movement’s military. Targets included vital military headquarters and facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, as well as their …

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Pro-Iranian Iraqi Politician Offers To Mediate Between Tehran and Washington

Radiofarda – An influential pro-Iranian Iraqi politician has offered to mediate between Iran and the United States in a meeting with Joey Hood, Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Mission in Iraq. Ammar al-Hakim in Baghdad met with Hood on May 19, Iran’s government news agency IRNA reported on Monday. The two discussed current tensions between the United States and Iran, …

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Iran Court Sentences Well-Connected Businessman, Married To Movie Star

Radiofarda – A court in Tehran on Sunday sentenced Yasin Ramin a well-connected businessman and an importer of medicine and medical equipment to seven years in jail, Fars news agency reported. Yassin Ramin is the son of former culture minister Mohammad Ali Ramin, an ultraconservative who banned several publications in Iran under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and held an international conference …

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Israeli Officials, Media React To Tensions In Gulf, Concerned About Impact On Israel

Radiofarda – Israeli media have given extensive coverage to the rising tension in the Persian Gulf area, fearing wider implications for the region and Israel. Reactions by officials on the other hand have been limited, perhaps deliberately trying not to appear as inflaming existing tensions. Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz was the first Israeli official who reacted to the events …

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