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Overview
Designated a State Sponsor of Terror in 1984, the Islamic Republic of Iran is dedicated to its goal of “export its radical Shia brand of Islamic Revolution” abroad through its intricate and formidable network of terrorist proxies and groups across the region.
Designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2019, Iran’s Islamic...
Since 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s radical mission for regional hegemony has shifted the dynamics of the Middle East and poses a threat to both the United States and Israel. Driven by religious fervor and a desire to rebuild the Persian Empire, Iran aims to export its revolution via its terrorist proxies and support for Shia militants...
For many years the regime in Tehran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes – this is plainly untrue. Evidence reveals the true insidious motivations and intentions behind the Iranian nuclear program: to develop a nuclear weapon.
Energy needs
Iran has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful and is needed for energy....
Authorities within the Islamic Republic of Iran have severely suppressed a multitude of human rights. These have included censoring freedom of expression, association and assembly and the use of security forces to extinguish protests by unlawfully using lethal force to murder hundreds of critics and detain thousands of protesters (1). Ethnic and...
As a result of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, October 2020 saw the expiration of a decade long United Nations arms embargo instituted by Security Council Resolution 1929.1 The United States, which had withdrawn from the ineffective JCPOA, flatly rejected the expiration of the embargo. Secretary...
05/27/2021
On Thursday, George Deek, the Israeli ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, who is an Arab, released a video in which he blistered Hamas, noting that his family had spent more than 10 days in a bomb shelter while Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel, and concluding, “You will not win.”
Deek, a Christian,...
05/27/2021
The United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to establish a commission of inquiry into Israeli actions against Palestinians during the period leading up to and including the 11-day Gaza War that ended on May 21.
The fact-finding committee of judicial experts would investigate Israeli activity in Gaza and Jerusalem as well...
05/27/2021
Israeli Military Intelligence can not yet assess how long the ceasefire between Jerusalem and the Hamas terror group will last following this month’s 11-day battle between the two sides in the Gaza Strip.
Though the Israel Defense Forces firmly believes that it dealt a serious blow to Hamas’s military capabilities and undermined...
05/27/2021
Having relied heavily on machine learning, the Israeli military is calling Operation Guardian of the Walls the first Artificial Intelligence War.
"For the first time, artificial intelligence was a key component and power multiplier in fighting the enemy,” a senior officer in the IDF intelligence corps said. “This is a...
05/25/2021
The Iranian-backed terror group Hamas’s recent terror campaign against Israel is generating demands from Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress that the Biden administration immediately abandon its diplomacy with Iran aimed at cementing a revamped nuclear accord.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another Iran-backed...
05/26/2021
Five Republican senators are sponsoring an amendment that would force the Biden administration to garner approval from the U.S. Senate before signing on to the disastrous Iran nuclear deal.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is leading the charge, joined by James Risch (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and John Barrasso (R-WY)....
05/26/2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday that the United States would reopen a consulate in Jerusalem to upgrade its contacts with the Palestinians. Respectfully, that is a huge mistake. A consulate to the Palestinians anywhere is inappropriate; in Jerusalem it also is illegal.
Two preliminary issues need to be...
05/26/2021
Islamic Republic enriching uranium at purity levels that 'only countries making bombs are reaching'
The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency called Iran's uranium enrichment program "very concerning" in an interview with the Financial Timespublished on Wednesday.
Iran was enriching uranium at purity levels that...
05/26/2021
The leader of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah said Tuesday any violations of Jerusalem and the sites holy to Muslims and Christians would lead to a regional war.
Speaking for the first time since the ceasefire ending the 11-day war between Hamas and Israel, Hassan Nasrallah said Gazan groups had proven that no one can sit idle...
05/25/2021
A 97-year-old woman who survived the Auschwitz death camp and the subsequent death marches, and now uses her TikTok account to educate people about the Holocaust, was viciously attacked online after simply wishing her followers a restful Sabbath.
Lily Ebert stated in the TikTok video, “Wishing you a lovely, peaceful weekend. …...
05/25/2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu challenged U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the Biden administration push to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal during talks Tuesday.
Netanyahu ripped into the deal, officially titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), during a duel press conference in Jerusalem. Netanyahu...
05/25/2021
Resolution denounces 'poisonous anti-Israel rhetoric of elected officials'
US Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a resolution condemning a rise in antisemitic violence amid the recent hostilities between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist groups.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced the resolution with 13 other GOP members...
05/25/2021
The Biden administration will ask the US Congress for $75 million development and economic assistance for Palestinians, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday, and added that Washington will be moving forward with the process to reopen the US Consulate in Jerusalem.
Speaking after his meeting with Palestinian...
05/25/2021
Nine people were injured in an explosion at the Sepahan Nargostar chemical and fireworks factory in the city of Shahin Shahr in Iran’s Isfahan Province on Saturday night, Iranian media reported Sunday. The cause of the blast was said to be under investigation.
The factory is a producer of industrial and commercial explosive...
05/25/2021
In a rare interview, Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar told Britain’s Sky News that Israel has no right to exist, and said the terror group’s strategy was to target Israeli population centers.
The interview, which came in the wake of the ceasefire that began on Friday, was conducted by Sky’s Middle East correspondent, Mark Stone,...
