Iran

Since our inception, CUFI has been opposed to the radical regime in Iran and its vehement hatred of Israel. Iran’s obsession with destroying Israel began in 1979 after the violent Islamic Revolution empowered radical fundamentalists committed to dominating the Middle East. Ever since, Iran’s hatred of Israel and the United States has been the foundation of its foreign policy.

Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Iran’s proxies, including the terrorist-army Hezbollah, are all over the world. CUFI is committed to countering Iran’s malevolence through sanctions on the Islamic Republic and efforts to disrupt military and financial support of Hezbollah. Furthermore, CUFI supports the Iranian people and those who protest Tehran’s tyranny as they seek regime change from the Islamic Republic’s oppressive government.

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Netanyahu: Iranian precision-guided missiles in Yemen can reach Israel

(October 29, 2019 / JNS) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Monday of deploying precision-guided missiles in Yemen for use against Israel, adding that Iran is already using Iraq, Syria and Lebanon for this purpose.

Speaking at a press conference following a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Netanyahu…

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Mnuchin promises new US sanctions, part of ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran

“We are not doing this to hurt the people of Iran; we are doing this so that Iran stops their bad activities and exporting terrorism, looking to create nuclear capabilities and missiles,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

(October 28, 2019 / JNS) U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

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US Navy Secretary assures: ‘We’re completely defensible’ against Iran

U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer responded to questions at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., about U.S. naval preparedness amid domestic and geopolitical challenges.

(October 24, 2019 / JNS) U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said on Wednesday that the U.S. Navy is “completely defensible” against the Iranian threat,…

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Iran’s supreme leader: ‘We will never give up our resistance against America’

“Death to America! We are the conquerors of Jerusalem and the destroyers of Haifa! Death to Israel! on the path to conquer Palestine!” Iranian soldiers chant at IRGC officer’s academy ceremony.

(October 24, 2019 / MEMRI) Iran will never give up its resistance against America, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said at a recent…

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Int’l Judo Federation hits Iran with indefinite ban for pressuring fighter not to face Israeli rival

Iran has been banned indefinitely from international competition until it can give strong guarantees that its athletes will be allowed to face Israelis, the International Judo Federation (IJF) has said.

The IJF decision follows a protective suspension imposed on the Iran Judo Federation on Sept. 18 for putting pressure on one of its fighters to…

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Israel said bracing for direct cruise missile or drone attack by Iran

Israel is readying for a direct cruise missile or drone strike by Tehran in response to recent attacks on Iranian regional proxies which have been attributed to the Jewish state, Army Radio reported Tuesday evening.

Unlike ballistic missiles, which usually fly through a high arc on the way to the target, cruise missiles and drones fly at low…

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Trump Orders Troops and Weapons to Saudi Arabia in Message of Deterrence to Iran

WASHINGTON — The United States is sending about 3,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia in the latest military response by the Trump administration after it accused Iran of attacks last month on Saudi oil facilities, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The move came only five days after President Trump said that his desire to terminate America’s…

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Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.

There was no word from Saudi Arabia on the reported attack and Saudi officials did not immediately…

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Iran Oil Tanker Is Hit by Missiles, State Media Report

Explosions rocked an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea early Friday, in what the state news media described as a missile attack, raising fears about increasing tensions in an already volatile and economically crucial region.

The circumstances of the attack remained murky, with conflicting reports in the state news media about whether the ship was…

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Iran unveils kit to convert artillery rockets into guided missiles

The Iranian military says it has produced a new conversion kit to upgrade artillery rockets to surface-to-surface missiles, technology that Israel has accused Tehran of attempting to deliver to the Hezbollah terror group.

The Iranians unveiled the new guidance system upgrade, called Labeik, at an event Thursday at which a number of new military…

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IRGC Commander Confirms MEK Information on ‘Missile-Cities’ Hidden Under Iran’s Mountains

“We have been digging tunnels since 1984 when we first began making missiles.” These were the words of Revolutionary Guards general Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force. He was interviewed by the Iranian regime’s Documentary TV a few hours after the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)- US representative office,…

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Iran’s Audacious Saudi Attack Will Require Israel to Upgrade Its Missile Defense

The current episode of “CSI: Saudi Arabia” is turning out to be particularly long and complicated. As in the veteran, multiple-version American television series, the investigation of the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities on September 14 rests on an ever-growing mountain of evidence. Western intelligence services already know for certain that…

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Iran Opens a Second Front Along Israel’s Border

Israel is fighting off Iranian expansion across the Middle East, but danger for the Jewish state lurks near its own borders. Painstaking work by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and their loyal proxies has succeeded in laying the groundwork for a second Iranian front with Israel in the Golan Heights.

The first front is to Israel’s north…

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Guards Top Commander Says Iran Has Prepared ‘The Capability To Annihilate’ Israel

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, IRGC says the Islamic Republic has prepared “the capability to annihilate” Israel and “this regime must be wiped off the world geographic” map.

General Hossein Salami in ramarks delivered at the opening of a gathering of IRGC commanders today added that this is an aim within Iran’s reach.

Salami,…

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Anti-US murals on former embassy in Iran erased… to make way for new ones

TEHRAN, Iran — Famous murals celebrating Iran’s Islamic Revolution daubed on walls of the former US embassy in Tehran have been erased to make way for new paintings to be unveiled on the fortieth anniversary of the hostage crisis.

Three workers were on Sunday afternoon seen removing the original artwork with a sandblaster against the wall of…

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim attack on Saudi military post

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an Iranian-backed movement, claimed on Saturday that they carried out an attack on a Saudi Arabian military post near the border with Yemen, capturing military personnel and military vehicles.

A spokesperson for the Houthis said in a statement that three “enemy military brigades had fallen” in the attack near the border…

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Iran: Eliminating Israel ‘no longer a dream but attainable goal’

Warning toward Jewish state comes amid increased bellicose rhetoric in recent weeks by Tehran

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that destroying arch-rival Israel was an “achievable goal”.

“This sinister regime must be wiped off the map and this is no longer … a dream it is an achievable goal,” Major General Hossein…

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Iran commits new breach of fraying nuclear deal, expands enrichment – IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has committed another breach of its nuclear deal with major powers by enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog policing that deal said on Thursday, further fraying the landmark accord.

Iran is breaching the restrictions of its deal with major powers step-by-step in response to U.S….