The US has announced more sanctions on Iran, just a week after a US warship confiscated Iranian missile parts it said were headed for Yemen
Threats
Expanding in Iraq is the most important plan for Iran regime
Iraq is currently the most important country in the Arab Middle East. It has always been contested territory — in antiquity the site of a shifting border between Rome and Persia — and a place where important things happen
Congress is worried about an Iranian threat to a small garrison of U.S. commandos in Syria
Congress wants a report from the intelligence community and the Pentagon about the threat posed by Iran and its militias to a small garrison of special operators near the Iraq-Syria border known as al-Tanf
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran airline over proliferation
The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on Iran’s biggest airline and its shipping industry, accusing them of transporting lethal aid from Iran to Yemen and weapons of mass destruction proliferation
Iran regime is facing a backlash in Iraq Lebanon and at home
As a new wave of demonstrations engulfs the Middle East, one common factor connects the protests from Baghdad to Beirut: a deep and widespread feeling of antipathy toward the Iranian regime. This is especially true in the bloodied towns and cities of Iraq—a country Iran’s leaders have regarded as theirs since the 1979 Islamic Revolution
Iran to give an extra 2 billion euros to military from reserve fund
President Hassan Rouhani’s administration announced Tuesday that two billion euros ($2.22 billion) will be taken from Iran’s National Development Fund and given to the military, boosting its budget by 8 percent in the next Iranian calendar year
Man pleads guilty to shipping banned equipment to Iran
An Iranian man pleaded guilty today in Los Angeles to a federal conspiracy charge for shipping prohibited machinery—including attempts from the Port of Long Beach—to Iran in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and U.S. sanctions imposed on the nation
People of Iran are tired of wasting their national wealth in proxy wars
People of Iran are tired of wasting their national wealth in proxy wars, the U.S. State Department Representative for Iran, Brian Hook said on Tuesday, December 10
Ayatollahs take drastic action to withstand U.S. sanctions
U.S. sanctions are taking a severe toll on Iran and the Islamic Republic is taking drastic economic measures to withstand the pressure
A look at Iran’s 2020-2021 budget
The Iranian parliament is expected to decide on next year’s budget. However, after the gas price hikes, it became clear that neither the branches’ heads of the regime nor the regime’s supreme leader cared about the parliament in crucial political-economic decision-making.
Khamenei opponent calls for boycotting parliamentary elections and more protests
A former revolutionary, turned bitter opponent of Iran’s Supreme Leader has called for a boycott of next February’s parliamentary elections and using “every opportunity” to protest
