U.S. officials have said they believe Iranian combat divers were behind the attacks on four oil tankers near the Persian Gulf over the weekend, and they tell CBS News senior national security correspondent David Martin there’s still no sign Iran is backing off purported plans to attack Americans in the region
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British PM deeply concerned by jailing of woman in Iran
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she was deeply concerned about the jailing of a British Council worker in Iran on espionage charges
Iranians are closely following the standoff between regime and U.S.
As verbal sparring, economic pressure, and military jockeying intensify between Tehran and Washington, Iranians are closely following the standoff and appear increasingly alarmed at the prospect of a conflict with the United States
Iranian-backed Houthis attacked vital oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed an “armed drones” attack on vital oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, underscoring rising tensions in the Middle East
Video of terrorist organization Quds Force training facility in Lebanon
The Iranian Quds Force is Iran’s primary military actor in the Middle East and trains, advises, and equips sub-state forces in countries such as Lebanon, the US State Department said
CEO of Iran Air is corrupt military officer
On May 5th, Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh was appointed the director of Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines (HOMA) by regime president Hassan Rouhani, replacing Farzaneh Sharafbafi
Former IRGC General Saeed Ghasemi says they trained Mujahedeen in Bosnia
On April 14, 2019, an interview with former IRGC General Saeed Ghasemi was uploaded to the Iranian media website apparat.com. Gen. Ghasemi said that ISIS had been created by Hillary Clinton and he criticized the Iranian government for focusing on the JCPOA nuclear deal rather than Iran’s “great victory” against ISIS
Pro-Iran hackers represented rivals of Tehran in a bad light with fake articles
Published in June 2017, it claims to report that former CIA Director Michael Hayden had criticized the expulsion of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas from Qatar under Saudi pressure, and that Hayden said the United States should not let an inexperienced princeling—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—upset security arrangements in the Middle East
Supreme Leader of Iran makes uranium enrichment threat
Iran’s supreme leader issued a veiled threat in the same speech in which he stated that “no one is seeking war,” saying it wouldn’t be difficult for the Islamic Republic to enrich uranium to weapons-grade levels amid rising tensions with the U.S.
Iran threat will not attenuate without pressure
The Trump administration has said, time and time again, that it does not want to go to war with Iran. Some are arguing that this is a blatant lie because of all the military preparations that are underway in the region
Aras Amiri jailed in Iran for refusing to spy
The UK-based British Council employee Aras Amiri was jailed in Iran for refusing to spy for the country’s Intelligence Ministry, her cousin, Mohsen Omrani, told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on May 14, 2019
