On Feb. 28, as Operation Epic Fury was launched, President Donald Trump addressed the Iranian people directly in his opening statement. It remains one of the most consequential statements in American presidential history. “Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t leave […]
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The fall of the Maduro regime in Venezuela has ramifications far beyond Latin America — especially in the Islamic Republic of Iran, another oil-dependent state on the brink of economic and political collapse. Another dictator — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — is beginning to reap what he has sown. What started as a strike by
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President Trump is about to make a monumental decision — whether to strike Iran’s nuclear program or not. It is a decision as critical to his presidency, popularity and party, as well as our nation and the world, as President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq to destroy the threat of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of
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President Donald Trump may be the only person standing between Iran, Israel and an apocalyptic war of biblical proportions. At the outset of such a war, strikes on nuclear facilities would expose entire populations to toxic chemical plumes and radioactive materials. Nuclear disasters know no boundaries: think Chernobyl and Fukushima on steroids. At a press conference in
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions on its nuclear program, warning that its “success or failure matters to all of us.” Iran’s deal with Britain, Germany, France,
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CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an “all-out war in the region,” Tehran’s foreign minister told Al Jazeera TV in an interview aired on Friday. Israel and the U.S. launching a military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be “one
DUBAI, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Iran has purchased Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Monday, amid Western concerns about Tehran and Moscow’s growing military cooperation. This is the first time an Iranian official has confirmed the purchase of Su-35 jets. However, Ali Shadmani, who was quoted by the Student News
BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran’s influence in the Middle East, Iraq’s deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups. Mohsen al-Mandalawi spoke to Reuters in a recent interview after
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DUBAI, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Vessels in the northern Gulf have received multiple VHF radio challenges, including demands to alter course, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Friday, adding they could be part of an Iranian military exercise. The UKMTO, which monitors marine security in the region, advised seafarers that vessels near Iranian
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DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Iran on Thursday condemned as “baseless” a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to re-designate Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement as a “foreign terrorist organization (FTO)”. Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the move, which will impose harsher economic penalties than the Biden administration had applied to the Houthis, was “an excuse
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