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iranintl – The FBI Director has warned that threats from entities like Iran cannot be effectively countered if Congress fails to renew a spying authority set to expire on December 31. In a Senate hearing Tuesday, Christopher Wray warned that Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is key to US national security and its ability to combat foreign terror. …

iranintl – Israel is not systematically targeting Iranian forces in Syria, Fars news website affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard stated on Tuesday, downplaying repeated air strikes. Iran caught between Israel’s military operation in Gaza that has squeezed Tehran’s ally Hamas and Israeli air strikes in Syria, appears to be trying to defend its reputation and military credibility. Fars wrote that foreign media …

iranintl – Israel has reiterated its bid to “destroy the Iranian proxy in Gaza” and focus on deterrence against other Iran-backed groups such as Hezbollah.  Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy told Iran International that the focus of the military offensive is “fighting the terror monsters who perpetrated the October 7 massacre,” not expanding into a regional conflict.  He stressed that in …

Iranwire – An Iranian court handed down a five-year suspended prison sentence to a blogger on the charge of “inciting others to commit violent acts,” IranWire has learned.  Donya Hosseini, 35, was also fined 88 million tomans ($1,760) and banned from using smartphones.  The trial took place on November 29, four days after her release from Tehran’s Evin prison on …

Iranwire – Turkish authorities have handed over Amir Tataloo, one of Iran’s most famous and controversial musicians and singers, to the Islamic Republic’s police, Iranian media report.  Mizan News Agency, an outlet affiliated with the judiciary, reported that Amirhossein Maqsoodlou, better known as Amir Tataloo, was handed over to the Iranian police on the morning of December 6.  Saeed Naqdi, …