Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked the Iranian military to prepare response scenarios to a potential Israeli attack, according to a Thursday New York Times report, citing four Iranian officials. Iran’s response to an Israeli strike would be contingent on the extent of Israel’s attack, the officials, two of whom were from the Islamic Revolutionary … Read more
Yemen’s Houthi terrorists used targeting data provided by Russia to attack Western ships in the Red Sea earlier this year, an exclusive Thursday Wall Street Journal report disclosed. According to the report, the Houthis used Russian satellite data to destabilize the region as the Israel-Hamas war expanded throughout the past year. A person familiar with … Read more
Iran’s upcoming budget plan reveals that more than half of the revenue from oil and gas exports will be allocated to the nation’s armed forces, according to a report by Iran International on Thursday. The government is expected to receive about €24 billion from these exports, which constitutes 37.5% of the total revenue generated, … Read more
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned Israel on Thursday against attacking the Islamic Republic in retaliation for a missile barrage, as the Israeli military stepped up its offensive in Lebanon against Tehran-backed Hezbollah. Fears of a wider Middle East conflict have grown as Israel plans its response to the Oct. 1 missile attack … Read more
The assassination of Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was a hefty blow to the Islamic regime in Tehran, as well as its regional proxies, Benny Sabti, an Iran researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), said in a Tuesday interview with Maariv. Nilforoushan was also the commander of the … Read more
Britain has imposed sanctions against Iranian individuals and organizations after Iran’s attack on Israel on October 1, Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday. The sanctions target senior figures in Iran’s army, air force, and organizations linked to Iran’s ballistic and cruise missile development. “Despite repeated warnings, the dangerous actions of Iran and its proxies … Read more
The mysterious fate of deceased Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Chief Esmail Qaani, of Mossad activities, and of what targets Israel will strike in Iran may all be connected in one thick smokescreen. The IDF may have killed Nasrallah on September 27 because of a breach in security … Read more
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Brigadier-General Esmail Qaani is alive and currently under investigation in Iran, the Middle East Eye reported on Thursday, citing several sources. His whereabouts have been unknown since Israel’s Saturday strike in Beirut that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine. According to … Read more
In the Iranian media discourse since the assassination of Nasrallah, initiatives from various factions have emerged, calling for the deployment of forces to support Hezbollah’s fight against Israel. The Iranian regime appears to be blocking these initiatives, likely because it recognizes that the damage from such a move would outweigh the potential benefits. But … Read more
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground operations, General Morteza Mirian, said the Islamic Republic had the ability to target any location in Israel in a video published by MEMRI on Wednesday. “In operation True Promise II, we demonstrated our determination to strike the enemy,” Mirian said, referring to Iran’s attack on … Read more
