In the wake of increasingly debilitating sanctions, Iran takes advantage of the fact that its steel industry is not under sanctions and floods the African and Asian markets with cheap construction materials.
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IRGC Quds Force commander warns Tehran will definitely avenge Soleimani
Earlier, Politico reported, citing an anonymous intelligence source, that Tehran is looking at options to avenge the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. According to the media outlet, the US ambassador to South Africa may be a potential target.
Iran murders and abuses its athletes
On Saturday, Sept. 12, Iranian authorities announced that 27-year-old wrestler Navid Afkari had been executed.
Need for a comprehensive policy to counter Iran
American officials this week announced that a full range of UN sanctions had returned on Iran, including a permanent extension of the arms embargo. Some observers debate the efficacy of these measures, particularly as the European powers have signaled that they will not enforce them
Iranian FM says The Book Is Not Closed on avenging U.S. killing of Soleimani
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif said on Monday “the book is not closed” on the death of Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani, implying that the regime still intends to avenge his killing in a U.S. drone strike early this year.
IRGC commander vows to kill all involved in US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani
Iran officials again denied Saturday any plot to assassinate the U.S. ambassador in South Africa as an act of retaliation to the killing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ top general, Qassem Soleimani. However, the commander of the IRGC vowed that revenge for Soleimani’s death would be “decisive, serious and real.”
Iranian security chief threatens to send U.S. forces to the cemetery
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s recent threat that any response to an Iranian attack “will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude”.
The 1988 massacres still haunt the Islamic Regime in Iran
The Shah of Iran left the country in January 1979 after the Islamic revolution. A month later, the leader of the revolution, Aytaollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Iran from exile in France.
Iran weighs plot to kill US ambassador to South Africa
The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
Iran constructing new building near nuke site
Iran said Tuesday it is building a sophisticated new building near its underground Natanz nuclear site, state TV reported.
Iran boasts of new bombs for drones in armed forces display
What has Iran achieved now? It claims it now has a retractable landing gear for the rarely seen Fotros.
